Instant UV: a new paradigm to close the disinfection gap

Health Europa reports a growing body of research shines light on the need to augment existing disinfection protocols with no-touch and chemical-free methods, such as Instant UV. Infectious disease specialists will agree: controlling the spread of pathogens continues to be a daunting task and this is especially true within healthcare facilities such as hospitals. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that, on any given day, one in 31 patients in hospitals across the US will have at least one hospital-acquired infection (HAI). In 2015, 10.5% of patients with HAIs died while hospitalised1. The total economic burden…