Disinfection practices in hospitals have always been of great concern with the number of patients carrying viruses and bacteria, and the potential exposure to patients with compromised immune systems. Hospital acquired infections are infections that occur within the first 48 hour of being admitted to the hospital, within the first three days following a hospital discharge or within the first 30 days after an operation. The Center for Disease Control, CDC, estimates that approximately one in every 25 of hospital patients in the U.S. contracts a hospital acquired infection (HAI). Many HAIs are resistant to treatment with antibiotics and can lead to sepsis or even death.
HAIs and disinfecting patient rooms are of great concern for hospital staff for many reasons:
Patients being discharged may have had a contagious, serious viral or bacterial infection
Incoming patients are already ill and may have a compromised immune system
Hospital staff move from room to room and have a high potential to carry pathogens from one patient room to the next
Hospital Cleaning Practices
Hospitals take their cleaning, sanitizing and disinfecting practices very seriously. Even with the most careful cleaning procedures, human error can contribute to less than sanitary conditions. Disinfecting patient rooms thoroughly can be challenging due to many factors such as:
Using contaminated cloths which spread disease
Using diluted disinfectant cleaning solutions
Insufficient contact time of cleaners with surfaces
Human error, cleaning staff can miss an area when manually cleaning
Adding UV Light Disinfection
Adding UV light disinfection to standard hospital cleaning practices has been proven to greatly increase sterilization success. UV light in shortwave UVC radiation quickly eradicates many viruses and bacteria with high efficacy and can reach into places that manual cleaning cannot access.
UV germicidal lamp manufacturers design and engineer UVC lamps to emit the most powerful wavelength of UVC radiation at 254 nanometer. UVC radiation penetrates the cells of viruses and bacteria, rendering them unable to replicate and leaving them harmless. High-quality UVC germicidal lamps are the key to effective UV sterilization.
LightSources is a leading global supplier of UVC germicidal lamps, with a wide range of UV germicidal lamp types. We offer standard low-pressure mercury lamps, amalgam lamps with proprietary technology, Germipak, U-lamps and custom engineered solutions. Contact us to learn more about our high-performance UV germicidal lamps.
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