Environmental Services team at Dubuque hospital with R2D2, the cleaning robot. (Photo courtesy of Finley Hospital) Three robots are at work in a northeast Iowa hospital, making the final sweep to make ...

A germ-zapping robot called Xenex is effective in cleaning hospital rooms and stopping the spread of superbugs, according to new research. The pulsed xenon ultraviolet system, developed in Texas, was ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A color additive that appears blue on surfaces helped improve disinfection in hospital rooms. Rooms were up to ...

PHOENIX — The Veterans Administration hospital in Phoenix is using some new technology to combat germs. Portable robots use what’s called pulsed ultraviolet light to sterilize everything from cell ...