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Historically, cleaning and disinfecting has been limited to buckets and rags, however, newer technologies have been implemented into these practices. Here is a closer look at the robots taking on environmental disinfection.
A Look at the Cleaning Process
In indoor environments, cleaning and disinfection is often a multi-step process that involves equipment and personnel.
Typically areas such as these are subject to:
- Routine Cleanings,
- Terminal Cleanings, and
- Scheduled Cleanings.1
To touch briefly on these types of cleaning processes, routine cleanings normally involve cleaning areas on a 24-hour basis, and can involve the cleaning (or the manual removal of dust, dirt, and microorganisms using a detergent and water)2 of low-touch and high-touch surfaces.3
Terminal cleanings generally occur after a person or persons have vacated a room or area. In terminal cleaning, an emphasis is placed on the manual removal of personal items that may cause the spread of microorganisms, the manual cleaning of windows and floors, and again, the manual cleaning/scrubbing of high-touch surfaces.4
Finally, scheduled cleanings typically occur at weekly, monthly, or annual intervals. These cleanings can involve hard-to-reach places such as walls, corners, window curtains, and blinds. If such surfaces are soiled, more immediate cleanings can occur.5
The Disinfection Process
Disinfection is the process of eliminating microorganisms from a surface using an EPA Registered Solution.6 7
Though many disinfection methods exist, of particular note is the use of Ultraviolet (UV) light. When UV light is used to deactivate microorganisms, it is called Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation, or UVGI for short.8
Ultraviolet C light, or UV-C light, particularly at wavelengths of 254 nanometers (nm), has been associated with the reduction of microorganisms such as:
- Staphylococcus aureus,
- Escherichia coli, and
- Candida Albicans.
The efficacy rate of these reductions can be at least as high as over 3-log to over 6-log, or 99.9 to 99.9999%.9 10
UVD Robots for Environmental Disinfection
UVD Robots are a series of mobile, self-navigating robots that use 254 nm UV-C light for disinfection.11 They are produced by Blue Ocean Robotics, a Danish company that develops mobile robots for the service industry.12
As mobile units that utilize UV-C light, UVD Robots can be used as a no-touch disinfection solution to aid in the cleaning and disinfection process. Their use in indoor settings has been found in laboratory studies to reach at over 3-log reductions in these microorganisms, or an efficacy rate of over 99.9%.13 14
When used in conjunction with manual cleaning methods, UVD Robots have the potential to help bring disinfection efficacy to higher levels.15
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