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Fast, safe, one-button and environmentally friendly automated UV-C High-Level Disinfection for ultrasound probes.
Our mission is to improve standards of care by reducing cross-contamination risk and Healthcare-Associated Infections
Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) are a worldwide serious threat to healthcare safety. The infectious risk is associated to the quality of hygiene practices surrounding the ultrasound procedure (hand hygiene, maintenance of the medical environment, ultrasound gel, and protective sheaths for probes), to the management, and the disinfection of the probes themselves.
of vaginal probes used with
sheaths test HPV positive after
disinfection with wipes.
Source: PLOS ONE
of HAIs can be prevented by implementing new infection
control interventions.
Source: WHO
of patients in low- and mid-income countries will acquire at least one HAI during their hospital stay.
Source: WHO
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- 90 sec1
- 3 min2
UV-C disinfection
Optimises workflow and maximises the number of patients seen, while guaranteeing quality of care
High-Level Disinfection cycle enhances workflows3
Proven to kill bacteria, fungi, viruses including HPV4,5, mycobacteria, and spores
Embedded software that enables viewing and downloading of cycles data
Close collaboration with leading medical device manufacturers
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1. Internal data: average cycle time - 90 seconds. 80% of cycles have an average cycle time of 90 seconds, the remaining 20% have an average cycle time of up to 3 minutes.
2. C. Kyriacou, et al. (2022) Time-effectiveness and Convenience of Transvaginal Ultrasound Probe Disinfection Using Ultraviolet vs Chlorine Dioxide Multistep Wipe System: Prospective Survey Study. https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/uog.248343. »
3. Meyers C, et al. (2017) UVC Radiation as an Effective Disinfectant Method to Inactivate Human Papillomaviruses PLoS ONE 12 (10): e01873774.
4. Pichon M, et al. (2019) Decontamination of Intravaginal Probes Infected by Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Using UV-C Decontamination System. J. Clin. Med, 8, 1776; doi:10.3390/jcm8111776ata.