Hygiene safety is a matter close to the heart
Hygiene safety is a matter close to the heart of the practice team at the ‘Heart and Sea’ cardiology practice. Because it wants to protect its patients and employees in the best possible way. That is why practice owner Dr Agnieszka Adriana Ortolan, a specialist in internal medicine and cardiology, and her team are delighted to benefit from high-tech hygiene engineering through their collaboration with LOEWE BIOSECURITY, one of the first companies in the world to be awarded the RINA Biosafety Trust Certification. The best example: the HERO21! It is the first UV-C disinfection robot ‘Engineered in Germany’ to ensure the highest possible hygiene safety in the practice on the Baltic Sea.
A robot that protects patients and staff
The HERO21 is a fully autonomous disinfection robot that uses UV-C radiation to disinfect surfaces and the air in rooms. The UV-C radiation penetrates the genetic material of bacteria, fungi and viruses and destroys their DNA or RNA. ‘In contrast to conventional chemical disinfectants, UV-C radiation, which we also use in our handheld devices and air purifiers in the Heart and Sea practice, offers important advantages,’ explains Dipl.-Ing. Carsten Löhmer, CEO of LOEWE BIOSECURITY. ‘Chemical products harbour the risk of resistance, they are not environmentally friendly and, as they are usually applied manually, errors cannot be ruled out. Last but not least, the staff responsible for disinfection are at risk when working in contaminated rooms. We avoid all of this with the autonomous, i.e. independently operating HERO21.’ The robot, which according to analyses in several certified laboratories achieves a disinfection level of at least 99.99 per cent with 360-degree coverage, can be sent into contaminated rooms via an app. A multi-level safety system ensures that no persons are endangered by the use of UV-C radiation.
Best possible hygiene safety
‘The autonomous UVC disinfection of the clinic and practice rooms has proven its worth for us within a very short space of time,’ says Dr Agnieszka Adriana Ortolan, a specialist in internal medicine and cardiology. ‘In addition to autonomous UVC disinfection, LOEWE BIOSECURITY also implemented the use of mobile handheld devices for demand-orientated UVC use and UVC circulating air disinfection in our practice – so that our patients can also count on us to deliver the highest level of hygiene!’