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Implementation of an Environmental Cleaning Protocol in Hospital Critical Areas Using a UV-C Disinfection Robot.

International journal of environmental research and public health
Improving the cleaning and disinfection of high-touch surfaces is one of the core components of reducing healthcare-associated infections. The effectiveness of an enhanced protocol applying UV-C irradiation for terminal room disinfection between two ...

Azo-Functionalized Thermoplastic Polyurethane for Light-Driven Shape Memory Materials.

Macromolecular rapid communications
Shape memory polymers have great potential in the fields of soft robotics, injectable medical devices, and as essential materials for advanced electronic devices. Herein, light-triggered shape-memory thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) is reported using...

Numerical model of the irradiance field surrounding a UV disinfection robot.

Biomedical physics & engineering express
New technologies, including robots comprising germ-killing UV lamps, are increasingly being used to decontaminate hospitals and prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other superbugs. Existing approaches for modelling the irradiance field surrounding mob...

Rapid disinfection of radiology treatment rooms using an autonomous ultraviolet germicidal irradiation robot.

American journal of infection control
BACKGROUND: Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) technologies have emerged as a promising adjunct to manual cleaning, however, their potential to shorten cleaning times remains unexplored.

MgF:Mn: novel material with mechanically-induced luminescence.

Science bulletin
Mechanoluminescent (ML) materials can directly convert external mechanical stimulation into light without the need for excitation from other forms of energy, such as light or electricity. This alluring characteristic makes ML materials potentially ap...

From Drug Molecules to Thermoset Shape Memory Polymers: A Machine Learning Approach.

ACS applied materials & interfaces
Ultraviolet (UV)-curable thermoset shape memory polymers (TSMPs) with high recovery stress but mild glass transition temperature () are highly desired for 3D/4D printing lightweight load-bearing structures and devices. However, a bottleneck is that h...

The use of a UV-C disinfection robot in the routine cleaning process: a field study in an Academic hospital.

Antimicrobial resistance and infection control
BACKGROUND: Environmental surface decontamination is a crucial tool to prevent the spread of infections in hospitals. However, manual cleaning and disinfection may be insufficient to eliminate pathogens from contaminated surfaces. Ultraviolet-C (UV-C...

Predicting Proteolysis in Complex Proteomes Using Deep Learning.

International journal of molecular sciences
Both protease- and reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated proteolysis are thought to be key effectors of tissue remodeling. We have previously shown that comparison of amino acid composition can predict the differential susceptibilities of proteins t...

Feasibility of ultraviolet light-emitting diode irradiation robot for terminal decontamination of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patient rooms.

Infection control and hospital epidemiology
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the feasibility of using an ultraviolet light-emitting diode (UV LED) robot for the terminal decontamination of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patient rooms.

Accurate surface ultraviolet radiation forecasting for clinical applications with deep neural network.

Scientific reports
Exposure to appropriate doses of UV radiation provides enormously health and medical treatment benefits including psoriasis. Typical hospital-based phototherapy cabinets contain a bunch of artificial lamps, either broad-band (main emission spectrum 2...