It’s no secret that hospitals and healthcare facilities receive a continuous influx of germs and bacteria. This leads to the regular need for reliable and effortless hospital disinfection methods. The most popular style utilizes humans to wipe, spray, or mop infected surfaces. Naturally, this process is affected by human error and inconsistent applications. Despite even the most intensive effort, pathogens can persist, leading to Healthcare-Associated Infections or HAIs. Patients in high-risk areas such as surgical wings, intensive care units, and neonatal facilities are at the highest risk for complications. 

However, the risk of infection extends beyond patients. Lingering pathogens can infect anyone in your building, such as visitors and employees. This leads to elevated numbers of sick days, a drop in productivity, and an overall less healthy community. 

The success of medical facilities relies on the health of not only patients but everyone who walks through the doors. This is when UV Light disinfection for hospitals can provide the needed boost.

Unlike the human disinfection process, there is a UVC light – UVC is the germicidal form of UV light — disinfection solution for hospitals that can work on killing dangerous pathogens 24 hours a day. Not only are these UVC light disinfection periods longer, but effectiveness levels remain consistent throughout the usage time, and remove the need for potentially harmful and irritating chemicals. 

Farlite® Solutions specializes in installing upper air UVC disinfection systems for your hospital. Our UVPhasor® fixtures work around the clock to provide the best UV light disinfection available today. In this article, we’ll discuss the advantages of updating your current disinfection services to this more effective UVC disinfection system.

The Limitations of Traditional Disinfection 

As mentioned, manual cleaning efforts are a major part of medical facility disinfection plans. Although the method is straightforward, personnel can miss key areas and leave behind unseen germs. It also takes additional staff time without an effectiveness guarantee. On top of these limitations, it doesn’t address the upper air flowing between rooms that carries pathogens through your hospital. These aerosolized pathogens can linger in the air for hours with the potential to infect anyone who breathes them in.  

 

Chemical Disinfectant Challenges:

• Contact time requirements for products to kill germs are often overlooked.
• Chemical cleaners can leave behind greasy, sticky, or even harmful residues.
• Ventilation is a must when working with these types of chemicals, which can lead to higher costs. 
• Germs build up resistance to certain cleaners, rendering them useless over time.
• You may experience surface damage to equipment and furniture.

 

The “Invisible” Threat: 

Many pathogens and germs frequently found in medical facilities live and thrive at a microscopic level. This means that even thorough and extensive cleaning methods may be ineffective at removing and eliminating these organisms. So, what are your options for improved indoor hospital disinfection? UVC light disinfection from Farlite Solutions.  

Understanding UVC Light Disinfection:

Although it may seem like futuristic technology, UVC light disinfection has been safely and effectively used since the 1800s. Here is the simple science behind its effectiveness. 

What is UVC Light?

You may be more familiar with the other forms of UV light from the sun, such as UVA and UVB. UVA light is most commonly associated with skin aging and damage, while UVB is linked to skin cancer and sunburns. Powerful UVC light, however, is absorbed by Earth’s atmosphere, so it doesn’t harm organisms on Earth, including people. 

UVC’s shorter and more powerful wavelengths are fatal to germs and bacteria, which is why it’s known as germicidal UV light. Scientists found a way decades ago to use UVC to disinfect drinking water to kill harmful pathogens like tuberculosis, influenza, and, more recently, COVID-19. With the correct design and safety measures in place, it is also highly effective in killing airborne pathogens before they make people sick, making it ideal for hospitals.

Farlite’s UVPhasor systems produce a barrier in the upper air of your building, making aerosolized pathogens inactive once they breach the perimeter. Farlite Solutions uses your building’s air returns to carefully measure airflow and speed to calculate the best placement of the UVPhasors to create this upper air barrier, called a UVBarrier™. Harmful microorganisms are carried through the air into these barriers, or disinfection zones, so they cannot reach the people below. The airborne particles are inactivated once they receive an appropriate amount of UVC energy from the systems, and are no longer infectious.

Key Advantages of UV Hospital Disinfection:

UV light disinfection has been proven as an effective germicide for centuries. Farlite’s one-of-a-kind air disinfection systems can help provide your hospital or healthcare facility with the indoor disinfection you’re looking for. Farlite’s systems help you keep patients and other occupants safe from elevated risks of infectious illnesses that cause MRSA, Influenza, RSV, and many more. 

You also gain the benefit of limiting the amount of chemicals used. Not only will you save time and money, but your surfaces and indoor air will be safe from harmful chemical residues and fumes. Farlite’s self-monitored systems help provide your healthcare building with safe, 24/7 air disinfection. The Farlite cloud monitoring technology calculates and provides the right amount of UVC dosing for continuous upper air disinfection. You will no longer have to worry about the inevitable human error when you install Farlite’s UVC light disinfection systems, making it both effective and efficient. 

The Farlite Solutions’ Difference: 

The Farlite team is dedicated to developing safe, effective, and user-friendly UVC disinfection systems for all varieties of hospital and healthcare spaces. Farlite’s careful UVPhasor design and installation process ensures that it is virtually impossible to become infected in a Farlite-protected space, while being user-friendly to offer both safety and convenience. 

Integrating UV Light into Hospital Disinfection Protocols 

UVPhasor fixtures can complement your current surface disinfection methods to provide 360-degree daily disinfection. The customized installations, including measuring airflow and other dynamic indoor environmental variables, mean UVPhasors are placed where they will provide the most comprehensive UVBarrier. 

Strategic Placement and Use Cases:

• Operating Rooms (ORs): Post-procedure cleaning.
• Patient Rooms: Between patient discharges, daily disinfection in high-risk rooms.
• Emergency Departments (EDs): Rapid disinfection of treatment areas.
• Isolation Rooms: Critical for highly infectious diseases.
• Common Areas: Waiting rooms, nurses’ stations.

The Benefits of a Hybrid Hospital Disinfection Approach

When it comes to hospital disinfection measures, patients and visitors have high expectations of cleanliness. Combining Farlite’s UVC upper air disinfection system with your current surface disinfection methods can substantially lower the threats of HAIs, improving your reputation. The UVPhasor system helps keep your team happy and healthy, improves guest appreciation, and increases public trust. Why wait for the next pandemic-level threat? Be prepared by contacting the Farlite Solutions team today. 

The Last Word in Hospital UV Light Disinfection

Stop airborne germs and pathogens in their tracks with help from a professionally installed UVC light disinfection system. Don’t let ineffective cleaning methods drag your medical facility down; trust the unbeatable power of the Farlite UVPhasor system. With the Farlite team on your side, you can rest easy knowing the air and occupants of your healthcare facility are protected by the most effective yet safest, UVC upper air disinfection system available today.