Clinical Research Coordinator, Bobby Warren, worked with Drs. Becky Smith, Dev Anderson, and Nick Turner and staff from Duke Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology and NC School of Science and Mathematics to measure the efficacy of UV-C disinfection in hyperbaric chambers in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.
Ultraviolet C (UV-C) light reduces contamination on high-touch clinical surfaces. We assessed the efficacy of 2 UV-C devices at eradicating important clinical pathogens in hyperbaric chambers. Both devices were similarly efficacious against MRSA but differed significantly against C. difficile. Additionally, direct UV-C exposure was more efficacious against both species than indirect exposure.
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