Researchers at Johns Hopkins Hospital are having success cracking down on healthcare-acquired infections (HAI) by using robots to clean patient rooms, according to The Baltimore Sun.
For the past 5 years, the hospital has been using Bioquell robot devices to disinfect in high-priority areas such as intensive-care units. The rooms are sealed and a hydrogen peroxide mist is released into the air to disinfect all surfaces. The mist is then turned into water vapor. The process generally takes between one and a half to three hours depending on humidity.
The research shows one-third as many patients acquired Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, also known as MRSA, in rooms the robots had disinfected versus rooms they had not, according to The Baltimore Sun.
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