Terumo Chooses Xenex LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robots to Disinfect Healthcare Facilities & Improve Patient Safety in Japan
January 05, 2017 at 03:00 pm
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Terumo Corporation and Xenex Disinfection Services announced that Terumo is the exclusive distributor of Xenex LightStrike™ Germ-Zapping Robots™ in Japan. Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) caused by pathogens such as Clostridium difficile (C.diff), Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are a global problem, and the Xenex pulsed xenon ultraviolet (UV) room disinfection technology is a proven solution that destroys these deadly microorganisms before they can pose a threat to patients and healthcare workers. The Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot has been proven effective against the Ebola virus and Anthrax, and can easily be incorporated into a facility’s disease containment and biodefense strategy. The Xenex LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robot is designed for speed, effectiveness and ease of use, which allows hospital cleaning staff to operate the robot without disrupting hospital operations. With a four- or five-minute disinfection cycle (depending on robot model), the robot can disinfect 30-62 hospital rooms per day (according to Xenex customers), including patient rooms, operating rooms, equipment rooms, emergency rooms, intensive care units and public areas. More than 400 hospitals, Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, skilled nursing, ambulatory surgery centers and long-term acute care facilities in the U.S., Africa, Canada and Europe use Xenex robots for room disinfection.
Terumo Corporation specializes in the design, manufacturing and marketing of medical products and equipments. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- cardiac surgery devices (53.5%);
- medical products for hospitals (28.6%): medical devices, nutritional additives, oxygen, medical measuring devices (thermometers, tensiometers, glucometers, etc.), etc.;
- sanguine transfusion equipments (17.9%).
Net sales break down geographically as follows: Japan (32.9%), America (29.5%), Europe (19.6%), China (7.4%) and other (10.6%).