Sanitises 800 square metres within three hours

Dubai: The UAE now has a COVID-19 robot fighter that uses ultraviolet rays to provide a 360 degree disinfection of public space air.

The International Ultraviolet Association (IUVA) believes that UV disinfection technologies can play a role in a multiple barrier approach to reducing the transmission of the virus causing COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, based on current disinfection data and empirical evidence.

By Lisa van Kolfschoten

Five private inpatient rooms at the Collingwood General and Marine Hospital (CGMH) will soon be the first in Canada to be equipped with state-of-the-art, self-sanitizing technology, designed to mitigate infection rates. Each of the five rooms will be equipped with the following: UVC lights, which sterilize the

By Amber Daugherty
When you visit the hospital, you’re there to get healthy – not to catch something that makes you sicker. But more than 220,000 people get hospital-acquired infections every year in Canada because of being in close proximity to others who are ill. It’s important that healthcare teams continue to evolve their cleaning practices to prevent the spread of bacteria in hospitals so that patients recover faster and staff members stay healthy.

The use of ultraviolet light systems is becoming more widely used in healthcare facilities for disinfecting patient and operating rooms.  Yet, ultraviolet lights systems are misunderstood in spite of significant research and use in other industries.  So let’s unravel this mystery.