title: Rapid hospital room decontamination using ultraviolet (UV) light with a nanostructured UV-reflective wall coating.
abstract: We tested the ability of an ultraviolet C (UV-C)-reflective wall coating to reduce the time necessary to decontaminate a room using a UV-C-emitting device (Tru-D SmartUVC). The reflective wall coating provided the following time reductions for decontamination: for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, from 25 minutes 13 seconds to 5 minutes 3 seconds ([Formula: see text]), and for Clostridium difficile spores, from 43 minutes 42 seconds to 9 minutes 24 seconds ([Formula: see text]).
authors.affiliation: Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors.forename: William A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Rutala
authors.forename: Maria F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Gergen
authors.forename: Brian M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Tande
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Weber
mesh_terms: D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004203:Disinfection / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D049329:Nanostructures; D055620:Optical Phenomena; D010150:Paint; D010362:Patients' Rooms; D013997:Time Factors; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays