Robotic disinfection for hospitals

At Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, researchers there wanted to see how far and for how long a DNA virus could spread on surfaces.  Using a cauliflower mosaic virus, not harmful to humans as a surrogate for SARS-CoV2, the study found that from a sample on a single bed rail in an isolation room, the virus spread across the pediatric ward in ten hours, and persisted for five days.  This makes a compelling case for sanitizing robots.  MORE

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