Some Hospitals Adopting High-Tech Disinfection Systems

Healthcare risk managers may be interested in a March 21, 2013, Philadelphia Inquirer article that discusses two new high-tech room cleaning approaches that some hospitals are using to combat infections. The first involves a machine that uses flashes of ultraviolet light 25,000 times brighter than the sun to kill bacteria within a range of 10 to 12 square feet, and the second uses a machine that fogs rooms with hydrogen peroxide.