Hollywood has taken interest in a lab-certified disinfecting robot that uses UV light to kill SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
that the virus can live on some surfaces for days, high-touch areas on set can pose a grave threat to the safety of cast and crew, so having effective ways to rid surfaces of the virus is critical to reopening.
Xenex's robots, which can be rented on a per-month basis or purchased for roughly $125,000, are already used in more than 500 health care facilities and hospitals around the world, including the Mayo Clinic, HonorHealth, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Stanford and USC. But the medical device’s Hollywood arrival reflects the lengths the industry may be willing to go to protect workers on sets amid the pandemic.
“Our safety protocol is really developed, and we've seen results with reductions in the amount of infections in hospitals,” says Dr. Stibich, noting that it’s been used approximately 22.5 million times in health care settings. “That's why we want to bring it over to the entertainment industry as the studios open up.”
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