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- Category: Peer Reviewed Studies
- First Investigation of PX-UV for Environmental Disinfection
- Pulsed xenon light disinfection vs traditional cleaning
- Westchester Medical Center Facility-Wide
- Category: Case Studies
- Category: Environmental Studies
- Environmental effectiveness of pulsed-xenon light in the operating room
- Effect of PX-UV room disinfection on microbial counts for MRSA and general contamination
- 2 Minute Between Case Operating Room Cycle
- Total Kill of Ebola and Anthrax
- Queens Romford (UK) 5-log Reduction
- Containing MDROs
- Evaluation of PX-UV for reduction of HAIs
- Pulsed Xenon Light Disinfection vs. Bleach
- Pulsed Xenon Disinfection vs Manual Disinfection
- Quick Clean + Pulsed Xenon Light Disinfection = Better Surface Decontamination in ORs
- Turnover Clean + Pulsed Xenon Light Disinfection for Superior Surface Disinfection in ORs
- Reduction of C.difficile Cases in A Nursing Facility
- Category: HAI Reduction Studies
- Category: Resources
- Category: Articles
- Germ-zapping robots rise in number at UHC
- XENA THE GERMINATOR Meet The CORE Institute’s newest staff member
- Robot-maker Xenex seeking bigger buy-in from SA hospitals
- 3 Ways to Knock C. diff Rates Down to Zero
- Automated disinfection tech rids pharmacy of mold
- Hunterdon Medical Center Brings ICU C.diff to Zero
- ‘Germ-zapping robot’ cleans Donegal family’s home of persistent superbug
- A Kentucky Hospital Is Using Robots to Eradicate Infection
- Sonoma Valley Hospital’s novel approach to reducing C. diff infections
- MedCity News: UHC, Henry Ford, HonorHealth deploy Xenex robots to reduce HAIs
- La Cañada Valley Sun: New robot system at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital uses UV light to disinfect hospital rooms
- Disinfecting Robots Ensure the Sick Don’t Get Sicker (Media Planet: Future of Health Care)
- Germ-Zapping Robots® Help Fight Superbugs (Children’s Hospital Association)
- Mayo Clinic Uses Robots Against C. difficile
- Mayo Clinic reduces C. diff infections 30% using UV light disinfection
- Blasting Germs & Building Trust (LRGH Magazine)
- Xenex robot zaps superbugs at Edward facilities in Plainfield, Naperville (The Herald-News)
- I couldn’t live without… Xenex germ-zapping robot (McKnight’s Long Term Care)
- Germ Zapping Robots Keep Hospitals Safe (Forbes)
- Category: Blog
- Progress Against C.diff
- 10 Best Infection Prevention Stories You Missed This Year
- The Infection Preventionists Are Killing It!
- Puppy Poop Produces Pathogen Plague Post Prophylactic Pills
- Infectious Hazards of Hurricanes
- Healthcare Associated Infections Leave Patients Feeling “Like Lepers”
- Alcohol sanitizers and hand hygiene? It’s complicated.
- When Pigs in Georgia Cause Your MRSA in Oregon
- Could Amazon’s acquisition of PillPack promote antibiotic stewardship?
- “Nightmare Bacteria” – A Wake-Up Call
- Amazing Hospital Accomplishments At Year’s Close
- What You Could Do In 2 Minutes
- That Equipment Isn’t Clean
- Patient Experience and “The Power Of ONE”
- UV Disinfection – Hospitals, House Calls and Kennel Calls
- APIC 2017: Expanding the Infection Control Bundle
- Xenex LightStrike Robots At Baptist Orthopedic Hospital, San Antonio
- What Is the Cost Of a MRSA Infection?
- Mobile Equipment: Are Pathogens Hitching A Ride?
- Forrest General Hospital Unveils Xenex LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robots®
- New Xenex LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robot at St. Luke’s Hospital, Ohio
- Influenza and Norovirus
- New CRE Study: More Types, More Patients Than We Thought
- Celebrating Grovember With the Xenex Team
- Raising C. Diff Awareness in New Port Richey
- Envisioning the Digital Hospital
- This Just In – Bacteria Adhering To Food, Not To Five Second Rule
- Why You Should Thank Your Environmental Service Staffer
- Global Antimicrobial Resistance? Bring All Your Weapons
- Pokemon Go: Changing Gaming And Healthcare with Augmented Reality
- Think all UV light is equal? Think again…
- Measuring and Monitoring HAI Reduction Initiatives
- Cost/Benefit Implications of UV Disinfection
- CRE Is Scary. Can Your Hospital Fight It?
- Q&A With Dr. Sarah Simmons on Lab vs Real World Testing
- United for Patient Safety
- Prevention Isn’t Sexy
- General Electric to Phase Out Mercury, Why Can’t Healthcare?
- What Can We Learn From The Chipotle Outbreaks?
- Khloe’s Quarantine Is Over But The Struggle With Staph Is Still Real
- Surgical Site Infections: Then and Now
- MERS: Where we are a year later
- It’s time for catching football, not infections.
- Why you should trust science over celebrity
- Why CRE is Worrisome and What You Should Know About It
- The results are in: A new study on pulsed-xenon UV
- Resolve to Understand Risk in 2015
- Morningside Ministries invests in state of the art technology to keep their patients safe
- The Silent Heroes of our Hospitals
- Studies versus Hype
- Xenex can kill the toughest pathogens in hospitals in 5 minutes
- MRSA Primer for Patients
- Xenex UV Light Robots Make Veterans Affairs Hospitals Safer by Eliminating Deadly Superbugs in VA Facilities; Disinfection Systems Proven to Reduce Costs & Save Money
- FMT: An Ancient, Novel Solution to C. difficile
- Cooley Dickinson Hospital: Safeguarding Patients From MDROs
- History of Infection Prevention Part II: Antibiotics and The Rise of Superbugs
- The Emotional Impact of HAIs
- History of Infection Prevention: The Turn of the 20th Century, Thanks Hand Hygiene!
- What are HAIs?
- Category: Events
- Category: Infographics
- Category: News
- Hospital Uses Robots to Fight Infection
- Data Computes for Germ-Zapping Robots
- Sanimed & Xenex Deploy Pulsed Xenon UV Disinfection Technology to Battle Superbugs at Victor Babes Hospital in Romania
- Unity Health’s White County Medical Center Reports 85% Decrease in Infection Rates After Germ-Fighting Robots Deployed to Disinfect Patient Rooms
- Germ-Zapping Robots Enhance Infection Prevention at Martin Medical Center
- Lakeland Surgical & Diagnostic Center Sets New Standard of Care for Environmental Cleanliness & Reduces Infection Rates with Help from a Germ-Zapping Robot
- Adena Regional Medical Center Expands Infection Prevention Program with LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robots
- Chambersburg Hospital Sets New Standard for Environmental Cleanliness; Decreases C. diff Infection Rates with Germ-Zapping Robots
- Riverside Medical Center Reports Reduction in Infections after Adding Pulsed Xenon UV Disinfection to Cleaning Protocols
- Lewis County General Hospital Reduces Infection Rates with Germ-Zapping Robot; LightStrike Disinfection System Pays for Itself in Less Than 1 Year
- Springfield Clinic’s Outpatient Surgery Center Expands Services to Include Total Joint Procedures; Germ-Zapping Robot Enhances Surgical Patient Safety by Destroying Pathogens
- LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robots Help Hunterdon Medical Center Reduce Superbug Infection Rates by 76%
- Compass Memorial Healthcare Takes Infection Control to a New Level
- Dr. Mark Stibich, Co-Founder of Xenex Germ-Zapping Robots, Honored as Fellow of Infectious Diseases Society of America
- Rush Foundation Hospital Reports Fewer Infections after Adding LightStrike Pulsed Xenon UV Disinfection as Environmental Standard of Care
- Germ-Fighting Robots Enhance Infection Control; Trinity Health Reports 47% Reduction in HAIs after Adding Pulsed Xenon UV Disinfection to Cleaning Protocols
- VA Research News Brief States Pulsed Xenon UV Leads to Better Disinfection; Says Researchers Recommend it for Daily Hospital Utilization
- Xenex Expands Relationship with Terumo; LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robots Now Available in Singapore
- Ochsner Medical Center Reports 49% Decrease in Infection Rates After Germ-Fighting Robots Deployed to Disinfect Patient Rooms
- Shared Risk Program Results in Lower Infection Rates for Norman Regional Health System
- Netcare teams up with Germ-Zapping Robots to take war on ‘superbugs’ to a new level
- New Study Proves 2-Minute Cycle with Pulsed Xenon UV Significantly Reduces OR Contamination; Xenex Robot Eliminated 72% More Pathogens than Manual Cleaning Alone
- Ridley-Tree Cancer Center at Sansum Clinic Unveils Xenex LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robot
- The CORE Institute Specialty Hospital Adopts Xenex UV Disinfection Based on Clinical Evidence
- Xenex and Mintie Technologies Innovate to Provide Mobile Equipment Disinfection with LightStrike Disinfection Pod for Healthcare Facilities
- Surgical Specialty Center of Baton Rouge is First Hospital in Southern Louisiana to Enhance Patient Safety by Deploying a Xenex LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robot
- Xenex Announces LightStrike Disinfection Pod® – Industry’s First Mobile Equipment Disinfection System
- Frost & Sullivan Awards Xenex with the Visionary Innovation Leadership Award
- LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robots Help Skilled Nursing Facility Dramatically Reduce Infection Rates
- Xenex Announces New 2-Minute Run-Time for OR Disinfection with LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robots at AORN Surgical Conference & Expo
- Texas Public Radio : Germ-Zapping Robots: Made In San Antonio
- ab medica Chooses Xenex LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robots to Disinfect Healthcare Facilities in Italy
- Xenex Secures $38 Million in Funding Led by Essex Woodlands & Piper Jaffray Merchant Banking; Company’s Germ-Zapping Robots Help Hospitals Reduce Infection Rates
- Terumo Chooses Xenex LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robots to Disinfect Healthcare Facilities & Improve Patient Safety in Japan
- Beaufort Memorial Using Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot to Destroy Pathogens That Can Cause Hospital-Acquired Infections
- Phoenix VA Health Care System Deploys Germ-Zapping Robots to Enhance Veteran Safety; Xenex Robots Destroy Pathogens that Pose a Risk to Patients, Staff & Family Members
- Life Line Hospital is the First Long Term Acute Care Hospital in Ohio to Enhance Patient Safety by Deploying a Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot
- XENEX CONGRATULATES JOSEPH AUTHEMENT ON 2016 FATHER OF THE YEAR AWARD
- Trinity Homes Welcomes Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot: First Long Term Care Facility in North Dakota to Deploy Innovative Technology
- Xenex Germ-Zapping Robots Help Norman Regional Enhance Patient Safety
- Sodexo launches xenon UV disinfection system at Queen’s Hospital, Romford
- New Clinical Outcome Study Shows 46% Decrease in Surgical Site Infection Rates at Lowell General Hospital
- Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot Kills CRE; Robot Destroys Nightmare Bacteria Like CRE, Ebola & C. diff Before They Make People Sick
- Vidant Edgecombe Deploys Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot
- Germ wars: The robots strike back
- Springfield Clinic Unveils Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot
- Central Valley Specialty Hospital is First Long-Term Acute Care Facility in California to Deploy Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot
- LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robots Destroy Superbugs Before They Harm Hospital Patients
- Infection Rates Decline at Florida Hospital after Xenex Germ-Zapping Robots Used for Room Disinfection; Hospital Estimates Xenon Light Robots Helped Hospital Avoid 58 Infections & Save $730,000
- Avera McKennan Addresses Patient Safety with Germ-Zapping Robots®; First Hospital in South Dakota to Deploy Xenex to Eliminate Pathogens that Cause Infections
- Martin Health System Unveils Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot®
- Jesuit High School Alumnus Donates Germ-Zapping Robot® to His Alma Mater
- Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot® Destroys Ebola Virus & Anthrax Spores in New Study Performed at Texas Biomed Biosafety Level 4 Lab
- Xenex Awarded Premier, Inc. Group Purchasing Contract to Offer Germ-Zapping Robot® Room Disinfection Technology to Premier Member Hospitals
- Surgical Site Infections Decrease 100% after Trinity Medical Center Implements Infection Control Bundle with Xenex Germ-Zapping Robots for Room Disinfection
- Research Continues to Validate Efficacy of UV Disinfection; New AJIC Study Reports 57% Decrease in C.diff Infection Rates at LTAC Using Xenex Pulsed Xenon UV Room Disinfection Technology
- Unseen, Unsung and Now… Ultraviolet: CHLA’s Housekeeping Heroes Get Xenex Supergerm-Zapping Robot Helpers
- Xenex Signs Agreement with HealthTrust; Germ-Zapping Robots® Added to the HealthTrust Portfolio
- C. diff Infection Rates Plunge 70% at Westchester Medical Center ICU after Pulsed Xenon UV Disinfection Used to Treat Rooms; 4th Peer-Reviewed Study to Credit Xenex Germ-Zapping Robots for Infection Rate Decrease
- Two New Studies Show Decrease in Hospital Acquired Infections after Xenex Germ-Zapping Robots Used for Room Disinfection
- RevDesinfectie Robots Deploys Xenex Germ-Zapping Robots® in Benelux
- GAO Affirms VA Contract for Mercury-Free UV Disinfection System, Milwaukee VA Hospital Orders Full-Spectrum® Germ-Zapping Robots®
- Broadlawns Employs Xenex Robot to Eradicate Germs
- Xenex Germ-Zapping Robots® Arrive in Spain; Clece Chooses Xenex for Hospital Disinfection
- New method for disinfecting hospital rooms could help stop the spread of ‘superbugs’ (Texas A&M University)
- Xenex Rebuts Clorox Attack Following NAD Press Release
- Shining a light on bacteria: Pulsed xenon ultraviolet light system just as effective as manual disinfection (VA Research Currents)
- Xenex ‘Germ-Zapping Robots’ Go to Work at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn
- MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center Reduces C.diff Infections by 29%; Xenex Germ-Zapping Robots Enhanced Cleaning Process
- Germ-zapping robots join Citrus hospital’s cleaning crew
- St. Cloud Surgical Center engages Germ-Zapping Robot
- Germ zapping robot makes Austin baby’s home healthier
- Hospital deploys germ-zapping robots to cut infections
- Category: Articles