While these systems vanquish the same microbial threats that manual
cleaning does, they do so automatically, thoroughly, with minimal need
for intervention or supervision and with repeatable results. In other
words, to quote infectious disease specialist Robert A. Weinstein, MD, of
Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, "If given a choice between
improving infection control by changing human behavior or new technol-
ogy, go with new technology every time."
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Ms. Havill (nancy.havill@ynhh.org) is an accreditation and regulatory special-
ist at Yale-New Haven Hospital in Connecticut.
