Abstract
A 6-FOOT–TALL ROLLING ROBOT that emits UV light may help reduce colonization of hospital surfaces by such problematic pathogens as Clostridium difficile, Acinetobacter, and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), according to research findings presented at IDWeek 2012, a scientific meeting held by the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology, the HIV Medicine Association, and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. The robot study was one of many reportspresentedfromresearchthatisprobing theeffectivenessofvarious strategies tocurbhospital-acquired infections.Anotherpresentation, fromalargerandomized trial, suggested that regularly bathing all patients in intensive care units (ICUs)withtheantisepticchlorhexidine may prevent the spread of methicillinresistantStaphylococcusaureus (MRSA).
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