disinfection to the whims of human error.
Systems that disinfect rooms at a time support your staff's efforts.
And when it comes to automated whole room disinfection, your
options are many: ultraviolet light, aerosolized hydrogen peroxide,
hydrogen peroxide vapor, cluster ions and ozone gas. Whole room dis-
infection takes time, typically making it appropriate as an adjunct to
terminal cleaning at the end of the surgical schedule, not as a go-to
solution for between-case turnovers.
Ms. Bush trialed whole room disinfection systems 3 months
before leaving UPMC Presby. Staff there rotated the systems
throughout the hospital's 44 ORs, attacking a series of different
rooms each day. "With hospital-acquired infections becoming a
major issue, and facilities doing all they can to prevent them, the
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