Ultraviolet robots reduced the transmission rate of Clostridium difficile by 25% among hospitalized cancer patients, mostly among those with hematologic malignancies, a group more vulnerable to hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). The interventions also saved about $150,000 in annual direct medical costs, Penn Medicine infection control specialists reported at IDWeek 2015 (abstract 1715).
In addition to the routine environmental cleaning done between patients in hospital rooms, several new