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Germ-zapping robots put to the test to combat hospital-acquired infections

uofmhealth.org January 12, 2017

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The $2 million effort supported by the NIH’s Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is the first of its kind to study no-touch room disinfection. Michigan researchers will look at the ability of high intensity ultraviolet light delivered by Xenex Germ-Zapping Robots to protect patients from deadly superbugs, such as Clostridium difficile, found on surfaces.

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