{"id":68785,"date":"2020-03-24T14:26:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T13:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.horecatrends.com\/?p=68785"},"modified":"2020-03-24T14:26:01","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T13:26:01","slug":"the-westin-houston-medical-center-first-hotel-in-the-u-s-to-deploy-virus-killing-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horecatrends.com\/en\/the-westin-houston-medical-center-first-hotel-in-the-u-s-to-deploy-virus-killing-robots\/","title":{"rendered":"The Westin Houston Medical Center | First Hotel in the U.S. to deploy \u2018Virus Killing Robots\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Westin Houston Medical Center is the first and only hotel in the U.S. to utilize LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robots\u2122 to sanitize and disinfect its guest rooms and common areas to help combat the threat of coronavirus. The room disinfection technology, provided by San Antonio-based Xenex Disinfection Services<\/a>, was developed by two epidemiologists in Houston, with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center as their first customer. The Westin Houston Medical Center<\/a> purchased two of the decontaminating Robots, which are already at work sanitizing rooms inside the building.<\/p>\n

In these times of stress about the spread of COVID-19 amongst travellers worldwide, these virus killing robots are an interesting new cleaning product for hotels. The Westin Houston Medical Center pioneers one of the hospitality industry\u2019s response to COVID-19. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Virus Killing Robots | LightStrike<\/strong>\u2122 Germ-Zapping Robots<\/strong><\/h3>\n

LightStrike Robots have been proven to quickly destroy viruses, bacteria, and fungi using intense pulsed xenon ultraviolet (UV) light. Hundreds of healthcare facilities use LightStrike Robots to disinfect their facilities as part of their comprehensive infection prevention program and several hospitals have published peer-reviewed studies showing 50%-100% reductions in their Clostridium difficile<\/em> (C.diff<\/em>), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus<\/em> (MRSA) and surgical site infection (SSI) rates after they used LightStrike Robots and Xenex\u2019s recommended protocols for room disinfection.<\/p>\n

Minimizing Risk<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cWe are taking significant proactive measures, along with following CDC guidelines, to minimize risk while also keeping day-to-day business momentum,\u201d said Archit Sanghvi, Vice President of Operations for Pearl Hospitality<\/a>, the hotel\u2019s owner and operator. \u201cWellness is at the core of our business and with the LightStrike technology, we saw a distinct and innovative opportunity to create a well-prepared environment for travellers within our hotel.\u201d<\/p>\n

UV light to disinfect<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The LightStrike Robot uses intense germicidal UV light to disinfect rooms by quickly destroying microscopic bacteria and viruses that may be missed during the manual cleaning process. Operated by hotel staff, the Robot uses pulsed xenon (a noble gas) to create intense broad-spectrum UV light, unlike older technologies that use mercury bulbs (mercury is toxic) to create continuous, single spectrum UV light.<\/p>\n

Check out how the \u2018Virus Killing Robots work in this video! (text continues after the video)<\/p>\n