The Da Nang General Hospital will use an UV light robot developed by Teaching-Research Team of the Da Nang University of Technology and Education to disinfect patient rooms and other areas throughout the hospital in a bid to keep patients and hospital staff healthy amid coronavirus threat.  

The 1.5m-tall, 0.45m-long, 0.4m-wide robot weighs 55 kg, and it can operate continuously in 2.5 hours per charge. The robot uses UV light to destroy bacteria, virus, and other harmful microbes. Once inside a room, the robot will take around 30 seconds to completely disinfect it within the radius of between 1 and 2.5m by damaging the DNA and RNA of microbes, stopping them from multiplying.

The robot can kill 99% of bacteria exposed to it. This could mean that patients will no longer be at risk of catching an antibiotic-resistant infection while in hospital, and infections outside the hospital environment will reduce as bugs will be unable to spread.

As part of the regular cleaning cycle, the UV light robot is used to prevent and reduce the spread of infectious diseases, viruses, bacteria, and other types of harmful organic microorganisms in the hospital environment. The robot is safe, reliable and eliminates human error. Furthermore, it is user friendly and is designed to be operated daily by cleaning staff.

By DAC MANH - Translated by MAI DUNG