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and the associated cost-of-care savings should help the hospital achieve a return
on its investment in less than 4 months.
"A lot of hospitals will shy away from buying high-ticket technology unless it
brings in revenue, but this is an exception," he adds. "It has a patient safety bene-
fit and essentially pays for itself."
For anyone mulling
whole-room disinfection
technology, the time
required for each disin-
fecting cycle is a key
consideration. Cycles
range from as little as 2
minutes to as long as an
hour, but that depends
on the make, model and
delivery mechanism —
namely, short-wave-
length ultraviolet (UV-C)
light, vaporized hydrogen
peroxide and ozone gas.
Elmhurst (Ill.) Hospital
is a year into its new-
and-improved surface
cleaning protocol, which
includes the use of a
whole-room disinfection
device that treats sur-
faces using an
aerosolized agent. The
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