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SRMC Housekeeper Olivia Locklear (left foreground) explains how to set up one of the new Tru-D robots in a
patient room to SeHealth Environmental Services Director Donna Haddars, left , SeHealth Quality Director
Donna Kinlaw, SeHealth Infection Control Specialist Pamela Hunt, SeHealth Infection Control Nurse Virginia
Locklear and SeHealth Infection Control Coordinator Sherry Edwards.
By Roxana Ross
UV Robots to Fight

Infectious Diseases

Two new Tru-D robots are now a part of Southeastern Re- fectious diseases, like C. diff. (Clostridium difficile). The
gional Medical Center’s infection control toolkit. The UV thought is that it will reduce infection rates by about a third,
light machines are the first of their kind to be used in a at least.”
hospital in Southeastern North Carolina, according to the
manufacturer. According to a study funded by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), “Benefits of Enhanced
“We will be utilizing them with Infection Control to iden- Terminal Room-Disinfection,” adding Tru-D to standard
tify areas where they will be used,” said SeHealth Facili- cleaning protocols reduced the risk of acquisition of four
ty Services Director Joseph Buri. “They will treat patient major superbugs by a cumulative 30 percent among pa-
rooms during the day and treat operating rooms at night. tients admitted to the same room.
They can be used anywhere we have different types of in-

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