Sources1,2,4,5,6,7,8, See xenex.com/studies

3. D Anderson et al., ICHE 2014Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2789813/

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2016Additional results are published from hospitals using Xenex LightStrike™:

• 5-log kill of MRSA, VRE, CRE and Acinetobacter baumannii.5

Four more hospitals incorporating Xenex disinfection programs publish clinical outcomes in peer reviewed journals:

87% reduction in ICU VRE infection rates6 and net savings of over $730,000 in 22 months.

100% reduction in total joint surgical site infections7 and $290,990 saved in 12 months.

Westchester Medical Center again reports 70% reduction in ICU C. diff infection rates.8

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William F. Wells is the first to identify airborne infection by “droplet nuclei” and pioneers the use of UV to disinfect the air.

1936-1960

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1980s

2015

2011

2013

Research continues on upper-room UV disinfection to reduce TB transmission and improve surgical outcomes.

Interest in UV disinfection wanes upon failure to reduce measles transmissions.

Interest renews as multi-drug resistant TB increases, but studies are inconclusive.

Duke / DICON reports on 28-months BETR-D study3 with Tru-D (mercury bulb disinfection systems):

• Disinfection cycle time variation of 31-52 minutes.

• No impact to C. diff infection rates.

• Reduction in MRSA infection rates – not statistically significant.

• VRE reduction with mercury UV equivalent to bleach.

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Mobile mercury UV disinfection equipment is developed to disinfect rooms.

Research on effectiveness is limited to tests in a lab setting.

Pulsed Xenon Light Technology is introduced by Xenex.

Research shows effect in clinical settings of hospital isolation rooms – 22x better than manual cleaning alone.1

Moses Cone Hospital reports 57% reduction in MRSA infection rates2 after incorporating a Xenex disinfection program.

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70%

C. diff

Westchester Medical Center reports 20% reduction in C. diff and MDRO infection rates4 after incorporating a Xenex program.

THE EVOLUTION OF UV DISINFECTION

IN HOSPITALSFROM THE EARLY DAYS OF MERCURY TO

1933

100%

PULSED XENON LIGHT TECHNOLOGY

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Despite some success with TB, surgical infections and influenza, it falls out of favor.

87%

C. diff infections

C. diff infections

2000-2010