“Elbert Memorial Hospital is committed to providing the safest and cleanest possible environment for our patients and staff. We want to do everything we can to reduce the spread of pathogens that can cause infections like COVID-19. Investing in these Xenex robots just furthers our commitment to the healthcare of this community,” said Kerry Trapnell, CEO of Elbert Memorial Hospital.”

“My advice to anyone else who is thinking about implementing this program; do it and you won’t regret it. This has been without a doubt, one of the most successful programs we’ve initiated in EVS. We’ve always strived to make patient care experience a focus of our daily operations and make it a positive one for each of our patients that walks through our doors, and all our decisions are based and made with that thought in mind. The fact that the majority of the staff advocated for the LightStrike Robots, an initiative to bring enhanced UV disinfection technology to our facility, made management’s task that much easier to not only motivate but encourage “friendly competition” within the department and push each other to get better with our disinfection program.”

“I teach our EVS team members that using the LightStrike Robot is like an insurance policy. I ask my crew if they've ever washed their car and seen missed spots afterwards when the car is dry. The answer is always yes -- and I tell them that it's the same for cleaning rooms. The robots get to areas we may have missed and kill the germs that we can't see. We are human cleaners with a robot backup.”