• Terminal disinfection with ultraviolet device in Clostridium difficile rooms.
• Compliance improved from 20% to 100% during a 25 month study.
• Audit and feedback utilized to drive compliance of ultraviolet disinfection.

Touchless ultraviolet disinfection (UVD) devices effectively reduce the bioburden of epidemiologically relevant pathogens, including Clostridium difficile. During a 25-month implementation period, UVD devices were deployed facilitywide for the terminal disinfection of rooms that housed a patient who tested positive for C difficile. The deployment was performed with structured education, audit and feedback, and resulted in a multidisciplinary practice change that maximized the UVD capture rate from 20% to 100%.

More information: Deployment of a touchless ultraviolet light robot for terminal room disinfection: The importance of audit and feedback