Article provided courtesy of Tru-D® SmartUVC San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington, New Mexico, is committed to providing patients and staff with the cleanest healthcare environment possible. Through a multifaceted approach, which includes the use of UV-C disinfection, the hospital has been able to reduce its infection rates as well as maximize its … [Read more...] about UV-C Disinfection Can Help Reduce Infections, Maximize Reimbursements

Robert A. Garcia, BS, MT(ASCP), CIC, FAPIC Article excerpt reprinted courtesy of CASPR Medik™ The development of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) remains a major national patient safety issue, with upward of 1.7 million infections and 99,000 deaths occurring annually. The overall direct cost of HAIs to hospitals has been reported to be in the range from $28 billion to … [Read more...] about Evolving Technologies for Decontaminating Healthcare Environments

Lia DiMartino BS, Physician Associate Program, Yale School of Medicine Richard A. Martinello, M.D. associate professor, Internal Medicine & Pediatrics-Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine Over the past 20 years, with the exponential advancements in technology, there has been simultaneous growth in the use of mobile devices such as cellphones, tablets and other … [Read more...] about Mobile Device Use in Healthcare: New Opportunities for UV Disinfection

Maya Jaffe biomedical engineering student, Georgia Institute of Technology Visualize a hiker walking all day in a 100 m deep canyon beneath a cloudless sky. All morning, the floor of the canyon is shady but there is visible light reflected off the canyon walls (Figure 1a). For a while around noon, the floor of the canyon is brightly bathed in direct sunshine (Figure … [Read more...] about UV-C Effectiveness and the ‘Canyon Wall Effect’ of Textured Healthcare Environment Surfaces

Peter Gordon VP of business development, Bolb Corporation Infectious diseases are caused by various pathogens: vegetated bacteria, bacterial spores, virions and fungus. Once transferred upon or introduced into a susceptible patient’s body, these pathogens – some of which are now antibiotic-resistant – replicate and can cause an infection and illness, sometimes resulting in … [Read more...] about Critical Roles for Germicidal LEDs in Healthcare Delivery Facilities

IUVA Healthcare/UV Working Group Periodically, it’s good to reassess a project’s overall status, goals and justification. Such is the case for the Healthcare/UV Initiative. Status: The working group is drafting its standard and engaging others to help. Goal: The group plans to present it at the next workshop. Justifying the standard is more complex, interweaving the latest … [Read more...] about Industry Goals: Examining the Latest Developments in Healthcare

IUVA Healthcare/UV Working Group Thanks to the success of the first healthcare/UV workshop, another, larger workshop is being planned with more extensive coverage of certain topics – industry, academics, healthcare, federal regulations. Possible areas of focus include identifying systematic barriers to UV-C technology implementation and discussing the latest evidence for UV-C … [Read more...] about Planning for a Healthy Future: Healthcare and UV Disinfection