Ultraviolet disinfection robots to improve hospital cleaning: Real promise or just a gimmick?

The global COVID-19 pandemic due to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has challenged the availability of traditional surface disinfectants. It has also stimulated the production of ultraviolet-disinfection robots by companies and institutions. These robots are increasingly advocated as a simple solut...

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Autores: Diab-El Schahawi, Magda, Zingg, Walter, Vos, Margreet, Humphreys, Hilary, López Cerero, Lorena, Fueszl, Astrid, Zahar, Jean Ralph, Presterl, Elisabeth
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Data de publicação:2021
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositório:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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Palavra-chave:UV-disinfection
Infection control
Disinfection robots
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spelling Ultraviolet disinfection robots to improve hospital cleaning: Real promise or just a gimmick?Diab-El Schahawi, MagdaZingg, WalterVos, MargreetHumphreys, HilaryLópez Cerero, LorenaFueszl, AstridZahar, Jean RalphPresterl, ElisabethUV-disinfectionInfection controlDisinfection robotsThe global COVID-19 pandemic due to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has challenged the availability of traditional surface disinfectants. It has also stimulated the production of ultraviolet-disinfection robots by companies and institutions. These robots are increasingly advocated as a simple solution for the immediate disinfection of rooms and spaces of all surfaces in one process and as such they seem attractive to hospital management, also because of automation and apparent cost savings by reducing cleaning staff. Yet, there true potential in the hospital setting needs to be carefully evaluated. Presently, disinfection robots do not replace routine (manual) cleaning but may complement it. Further design adjustments of hospitals and devices are needed to overcome the issue of shadowing and free the movement of robots in the hospital environment. They might in the future provide validated, reproducible and documented disinfection processes. Further technical developments and clinical trials in a variety of hospitals are warranted to overcome the current limitations and to find ways to integrate this novel technology in to the hospitals of to-day and the future.Frontiers MediaMicrobiología2021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/136073https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-020-00878-4reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésAntimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, 10 (1), 33.https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-020-00878-4info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/1360732026-06-17T12:51:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Ultraviolet disinfection robots to improve hospital cleaning: Real promise or just a gimmick?
title Ultraviolet disinfection robots to improve hospital cleaning: Real promise or just a gimmick?
spellingShingle Ultraviolet disinfection robots to improve hospital cleaning: Real promise or just a gimmick?
Diab-El Schahawi, Magda
UV-disinfection
Infection control
Disinfection robots
title_short Ultraviolet disinfection robots to improve hospital cleaning: Real promise or just a gimmick?
title_full Ultraviolet disinfection robots to improve hospital cleaning: Real promise or just a gimmick?
title_fullStr Ultraviolet disinfection robots to improve hospital cleaning: Real promise or just a gimmick?
title_full_unstemmed Ultraviolet disinfection robots to improve hospital cleaning: Real promise or just a gimmick?
title_sort Ultraviolet disinfection robots to improve hospital cleaning: Real promise or just a gimmick?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Diab-El Schahawi, Magda
Zingg, Walter
Vos, Margreet
Humphreys, Hilary
López Cerero, Lorena
Fueszl, Astrid
Zahar, Jean Ralph
Presterl, Elisabeth
author Diab-El Schahawi, Magda
author_facet Diab-El Schahawi, Magda
Zingg, Walter
Vos, Margreet
Humphreys, Hilary
López Cerero, Lorena
Fueszl, Astrid
Zahar, Jean Ralph
Presterl, Elisabeth
author_role author
author2 Zingg, Walter
Vos, Margreet
Humphreys, Hilary
López Cerero, Lorena
Fueszl, Astrid
Zahar, Jean Ralph
Presterl, Elisabeth
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Microbiología
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv UV-disinfection
Infection control
Disinfection robots
topic UV-disinfection
Infection control
Disinfection robots
description The global COVID-19 pandemic due to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has challenged the availability of traditional surface disinfectants. It has also stimulated the production of ultraviolet-disinfection robots by companies and institutions. These robots are increasingly advocated as a simple solution for the immediate disinfection of rooms and spaces of all surfaces in one process and as such they seem attractive to hospital management, also because of automation and apparent cost savings by reducing cleaning staff. Yet, there true potential in the hospital setting needs to be carefully evaluated. Presently, disinfection robots do not replace routine (manual) cleaning but may complement it. Further design adjustments of hospitals and devices are needed to overcome the issue of shadowing and free the movement of robots in the hospital environment. They might in the future provide validated, reproducible and documented disinfection processes. Further technical developments and clinical trials in a variety of hospitals are warranted to overcome the current limitations and to find ways to integrate this novel technology in to the hospitals of to-day and the future.
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