首页|University of Barcelona Reports Findings in Robotics [Perform ance of an Autonomous Sanitary Sterilisation Ultraviolet Machine (ASSUM) on term inal disinfection of surgical theaters and rooms of an intensive-intermediate ca re unit]
University of Barcelona Reports Findings in Robotics [Perform ance of an Autonomous Sanitary Sterilisation Ultraviolet Machine (ASSUM) on term inal disinfection of surgical theaters and rooms of an intensive-intermediate ca re unit]
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By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Robotics & Machine Learning Daily News Daily News-New research on Robotics is the subjec t of a report. According to news reporting out of Barcelona, Spain, by NewsRx ed itors, research stated, "Ultraviolet- C (UV-C) light is effective for reducing e nvironmental bioburden in hospitals, and the use of robots to deliver it may be advantageous. To evaluate the feasibility and clinical efficacy of an autonomous programmable UV-C robot in surgical and intensive care unit (ICU) rooms of a te rtiary hospital." Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of B arcelona, "During ten consecutive months, the device was used in six theatres wh ere cardiac, colorectal and orthopaedic surgeries were performed, and in the roo ms previously occupied by patients subjected to contact precautions of a14-bed ICU. Surgical site infection (SSI) rates of procedures performed in the UV-clean ed theatres were compared with those of the previous year. Incidence in clinical samples of ICU-acquired multiple-drug resistant (MDR) microorganisms was compar ed with that of the same period of the previous year. An UV-C exposure study don e by semi-quantitative dosimeters and a survey of the bioburden on surfaces were carried out. SSI rates in the pre- and post-intervention periods were 8.67% (80/922) and 7.5% (61/813), respectively (p=0.37). Incidence of ta rget microorganisms in clinical samples remained unchanged (38.4 vs. 39.4 per 10 ,000 patient-days, p=0.94). All the dosimeters exposed to 1 meter received 500 m J/cm. The bacterial load on surfaces decreased after the intervention, particula rly in ICU rooms (from 4.57±7.4 CFU to 0.27±0.8 CFU, p<0.00 01). Deployment of an UV-C robot in surgical and ICU rooms is feasible, ensures adequate delivery of germicidal UV-C light and reduces the environmental bacteri al burden."
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