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“We’ve seen a lot of innovation from hospitals and healthcare facilities as a result of COVID-19,” she continued. “Hospitals moved LightStrike disinfection robots from their Os to the mergency Departments so they could immediately disinfect rooms and areas where suspect patients were being treated. We were in a Texas hospital recently when they learned someone in their Accounting department tested posi- tive for COD-. They immediately sent a LightStrike robot from the  to ccount- ing to rapidly disinfect the entire area and


conference room. The LightStrike robots have been proven effec- tive against SARS-CoV-2, and our pulsed enon  light achieved a 99.99 percent level of disinfection in two minutes.”


gies, Inc., sees hospitals, medi- cal and dental clinics and other healthcare facilities reassessing and improving


atrick . iper resident and CO ar  Technolo- gies, Inc., sees hospitals, medi-


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processes and tools to aid in patient and staff protection.


“While previous cleaning and disinfection approaches targeting the containment or reduction of hospital-acquired infections were often consid- ered good enough before the pandemic the signifi cant safety and fi nancial risks associated with COVID-19 spreading within their facilities has heightened the urgency to come up with more


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autonomous, continuous solutions and has many providers turning to newer innovative disinfection technologies,” iper eplained. “The benefi ts of rypton disinfection lighting to safely and effec- tively eradicate disease causing pathogens in occupied spaces has been known for some time. No one wants to catch this virus. We are a simple, ‘set it and forget it,’ safe, autonomous and continuous solu- tion ultimately providing much greater degrees of viral load reduction at lower cost than other approaches.”


idespread cleaning in many areas to decontaminate hard surfaces is an extra focus and an additional layer of protection for facilities, stresses Steven Baiocchi, Chief Operating Offi cer Sterili LLC.


“Hospitals and healthcare facilities are


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paying more attention to the important work their cleaning staff performs and have a heightened sense of the impor- tance of disinfecting additional areas throughout their facilities, not just contact precaution rooms,” Baiocchi expressed. “Manual cleaning is still sub- ject to human error, so the use of no-touch disinfection technology such as C has become an essential addition to a bundled process. The D C system kills pathogens with a measured delivered C dose that provides comprehensive coverage and proof-of-compli- ance. Single-stranded RNA viruses, such as SARS-CoV-2, can be inactivated by  exposure, which is also being applied to help kill the COD- virus on surfaces, in the air and in other areas that can act as a vector to transmit the disease.” eter elo CO ltraiolet Devices


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nc. D calls out the benefi t of auto- mated disinfecting devices for the safety of healthcare workers and the speed of room turnover.


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