A novel approach for safe and automated implementation of far ultraviolet-C light decontamination in clinical areas

Samir Memic; Jennifer L. Cadnum; Andrew Osborne; William A. Rutala; Curtis J. Donskey

doi:10.1017/ash.2024.388

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (Jan 2024)

A novel approach for safe and automated implementation of far ultraviolet-C light decontamination in clinical areas

Samir Memic,
Jennifer L. Cadnum,
Andrew Osborne,
William A. Rutala,
Curtis J. Donskey

Affiliations

Samir Memic: ORCiD; Department of Systems Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA Research Service, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
Jennifer L. Cadnum: Research Service, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
Andrew Osborne: ORCiD; Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
William A. Rutala: Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology, University of North Carolina School (UNC) of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA Division of Infectious Diseases, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Curtis J. Donskey: ORCiD; Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2024.388
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4

Abstract

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A novel wall-mounted far ultraviolet-C (UV-C) light technology providing automated delivery of far UV-C only when people are not present reduced methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a patient room and equipment room. The safety feature that discontinues far UV-C output when people are detected was effective in preventing far UV-C exposure.

Published in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology

ISSN: 2732-494X (Online)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antimicrobial-stewardship-and-healthcare-epidemiology

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