South African Teaching Hospital Achieves CRE Superbug Decrea

JOHANNESBURG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wits University Donald Gordon Medical Centre announced novel study results indicating for the first time that Ultraviolet (UV) room decontamination technology paired with manual cleaning protocols decreased the transmission of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) by 23% in a hospital setting. The study results have been published in the March 2022…

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