A Wisconsin company will soon begin marketing bacteria-killing light fixtures to fight hospital-acquired infections, according to an article on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel website.
Many hospitals have recently started using robot-like devices that disinfect rooms with ultraviolet radiation, but the fixtures made by Kenall Manufacturing Co.can be left on continuously and be used while people — and the bacterial baggage they often bring with them — are in the room, the article said.
The commercialization of the technology Kenall is using is still in its early stages.
The light isn't intended as a stand-alone germ killer but as "a very important adjunct to infection control in the clinical environment."
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