Surface cleanliness… UV reveals the shocking truth!

Reveal invisible contamination on apparently clean surfaces

Quick and easy method to improve and maintain cleanliness for better infection control.

• Instant visual check of surface cleanliness.
• Monitor effectiveness of cleaning procedures and chemicals.
• Identify problem areas not cleaned properly, which can then be re-cleaned to the required standard ensuring dirt and bacteria can be removed.
• Audit tool for improving cleaning regimes to reduce bio burden and pathogen levels.
• Train new and existing staff how to clean to higher standards.
• Quick and easy method for improving and maintaining high standards of cleanliness in hospitals for better infection control.
• Increase public confidence by showing that hospitals are taking cleanliness seriously by going much further than what can be seen with the naked eye.

The case for UV...

It looks clean... But is it?

UV inspection offers a quick, easy and effective method for improving cleanliness in hospitals, by monitoring the effectiveness of cleaning programme's and benchmarking. Where cleaning is not to the required standard re-cleaning can be instigated immediately.

This process relies on fluorescence which can be induced in certain organic and inorganic substances by stimulation with UV blacklight.

Fluorescence is a photoluminescence effect where light of a visible colour is emitted from some substances during stimulation under UV light.

UV fluorescent inspection is widely used and accepted by forensic scientists. Trace evidence such as blood, urine, semen and saliva is revealed by causing visible fluorescence from these substances.

Additional methods are necessary in combination with UV fluorescent inspection, such as ATP bioluminescence and microbiological testing to determine specific spoilage or pathogenic organisms.

High performance UV blacklights are set to become essential equipment for hygiene monitoring, audits and training, helping to achieve and maintain high standards of cleanliness for infection control in hospitals in the fight against MRSA, C.difficile and other hospital acquired infections (HAI).

Ultimately this will increase public confidence by showing that hospitals are taking cleanliness very seriously, by going much further than just what can be seen with the naked eye.

Applications include cleanliness validation of:

General and deep cleaning

Floors, furniture, worktops, etc.

Multiple use equipment

Blood pressure devices, bedding, commodes, toys, keyboards, pens, clipboards, telephones, taps, curtains, chairs and more.

Sterile services

Surgical instruments.