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Hospital helper takes cleaning seriously

As hospitals looks for ways to disinfect, they need more efficient ways to accomplish the task. Doylestown Hospital unveiled a machine that zaps everything in a room with ultraviolet light 25,000 times brighter than the sun’s.

    by Nadya Harvey
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The Xenex pulse UV disinfection system operates in a patient room at Doylestown Hospital, during a demonstration March 19, 2013. Photo was taken with a camera left inside the room, as people are not permitted inside when the device is in operation. ( TOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer )
The Xenex pulse UV disinfection system operates in a patient room at Doylestown Hospital, during a demonstration March 19, 2013. Photo was taken with a camera left inside the room, as people are not permitted inside when the device is in operation. ( TOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer )Read more
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