Carle Health, a vertically integrated health system, has announced deployment of UV-C air disinfection technology in partnership with R-Zero. The rollout serves Carle Health’s efforts to provide its patients, staff, and visitors with a clean, safe environment.
Carle Health is utilising R-Zero’s Arc IoT-connected mobile devices, which use UV-C light to neutralise 99.99% of harmful microorganisms in the air and on surfaces in just minutes, throughout its health system. The technology will keep indoor air safe and clean for 850 patients, staff, and visitors across six of Carle Health’s facilities in Illinois, including Carle Foundation Hospital, the region’s sole level 1 trauma centre.
“We take our responsibility to create the safest healthcare environment possible very seriously,” says Bruce Osborne, Carle Health’s environmental services director. “Our partnership with R-Zero to add UV-C light disinfection to our cleaning process has increased the effectiveness of our environmental services team’s efforts as we work to support consistent, clean space for clinical team members to care for patients. Offering a clean healthcare environment helps us continue to provide high-quality care for our community.”
Carle Health will utilise R-Zero’s UV-C air disinfection technology, which increases effective air changes per hour with lower energy consumption than HVAC systems and minimises the need for chemical disinfection, in many patient rooms upon discharge. Furthermore, Carle Foundation Hospital will deploy R-Zero Arc mobile devices in its operating rooms on a nightly basis, and in additional areas of its facilities. This bolsters the organisation’s effort to ensure the safest possible environment for its patients, visitors, and staff.
“Carle Health is driving better outcomes by creating healthier indoor spaces for members of the Central Illinois community,” says Jennifer Nuckles, CEO of R-Zero. “We’re thrilled to partner with Carle Health to deploy our UV-C disinfection technology, which will help make its facilities safer for patients, visitors, and staff.”
R-Zero’s sustainable technology is being used to protect millions of people globally across public and private sectors, including K-12 schools, college campuses, corporate campuses, hospitals, senior care communities, parks and recreation, and other government facilities.
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