In keeping with its mission to “… make the use of Ultraviolet Technology, a leading technology for public health and environmental applications…,” the International Ultraviolet Association (IUVA) has recognized that the acceptance of GUVI technologies could benefit from having nationally recognized efficacy or methods performance standards, thereby increasing the credibility of GUVI in the Healthcare industry.

In response, IUVA formed a Healthcare/GUVI Working Group, and now a new Task Force to specifically address development of industry-wide, consensus-based efficacy standards for GUVI antimicrobial devices used to attack HAI, MDRO and other significant pathogens impacting the Healthcare sector.

The end goal is to garner industry-wide recognition, implementation and management of nationally recognized standards for GUVI devices used in healthcare facilities, leading to the wide spread adoption of these devices and more effective use of GUVI technologies in the disinfecting protocols used across the healthcare sector.

That, through the efforts of the IUVA Healthcare/GUVI Task Force (H/GUVI TF), the use of GUVI disinfecting technologies will become widely accepted as a credible and valued part of the environmental management and facility cleaning protocols across the Healthcare industry.

The H/GUVI TF will use its specific knowledge and experience to provide global guidance and coordinate industry-wide programs and deliverables, in furtherance of this Vision and the IUVA’s outreach to the healthcare industry, both nationally and internationally.