A hospital serving South Holland has been selected to trial germ-zapping robots in its bid to control the spread of infectious diseases.
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn has been chosen by American company Xenex as one of only two UK hospitals to trial their ultra-violet disinfection machines.
The germ-fighting robots take cleaning and decontamination to the next level by using high intensity UV-C rays to kill infectious germs in rooms vacated by patients.
Doctor Ian Hosein, interim associate medical director for infection prevention and control, said: “The UV-C adds to the hospital’s readiness to combat infectious germs such as Norovirus, C.difficile and Ebola Virus.
“For this initial trial we are targeting isolation rooms which need to be deep cleaned before the next patient arrives.”
