He Biosafety Service of the National Biotechnology Center (CNB)belonging to CSIChas carried out a study confirming the effectiveness of the Xenex disinfection robotdistributed in Spain by clecefor fight covid-19 on surfaces that may be contaminated with the virus.
The study has obtained a clear and reliable result: The Ulises de la Casa irradiator produces a 99.99% reduction in viral load on surfaces at a distance of 2 meters and on just 2 minutes. He ulysses irradiator it’s a robot equipped with a xenon gas lamp that emits pulsed ultraviolet light type C (UVC) and is capable of reducing contamination by bacteria and viruses in a short period of time.
The Ulises irradiator from Xenex produces a 99.99% reduction in viral load
“The Xenex system has already been used successfully in other health emergencies such as MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome), in 2012, or the ebola, in 2014 and now the crisis of coronavirus has once again put this technology to the test, which has proven its worth effectiveness in eliminating SARS-CoV-2”, he comments Diego Alvarez-OssorioHead of the Xenex Project of
For his part, the person in charge of the biosafety service of the , Fernando Userastates that “both the results obtained in previous tests carried out in 2015 on different bacteria, bacterial spores and viruses, as well as the results obtained recently on the coronaviruses HCoV-229E and SARS-CoV-2, which cause Covid-19, confirm that the Xenex system is very effective in reducing the microbiological load of a contaminated surfaceclearly obtaining the level of disinfection (99.99% reduction).
«It’s a fast and very efficient system provided that the necessary precautions are taken into account in the use of UVC light as a germicide. That is, it is advisable to perform a surface cleaning to be treated and the surfaces must be completely exposed during the disinfection process, avoiding shadows that hinder the arrival of germicidal light”, adds Usera.
Clece currently has 37 Xenex robots that are used in health and social health centers of reference such as the Vall d’Hebron in Barcelona, the Hospital la Fe in Valencia, the Queen Sofia Foundation Alzheimer Center, Virgen de la Candelaria in Tenerife, Virgen de las Nieves Hospital (Campus de la Salud) in Granada or the Miguel Servet Hospital from Zaragoza. Also, the company teaches courses to train Xenex-Clece Certified Service Techniciansthus guaranteeing professionalism in the application of viricidal technology.