Hospital policy often calls on the use of alcohol based wipes to sanitize devices. These wipes have limited efficacy and hospital staff are reluctant to use them due to concerns that wipes may damage their devices. A revised hospital policy to stipulate the use of Aluvis, will enhance the level of sanitization of handheld devices and improve staff compliance with hospital protocols.

Devices travel from patient rooms to imaging and diagnostic centers, operating rooms, ICU’s, labs, and cafeterias, collecting and distributing bacteria along the way. As they travel from one area to the other, the risk of spreading infection and cross contamination rises alarmingly.

Research shows that mobile devices are the reservoir of many pathogenic bacteria and viruses and operate as vectors for disease transmission. That hospitals may now be responsible for the financial impact of hospital acquired infections, is a dangerous and costly result of failure to sanitize effectively. Read More

Research found that 97.9% of healthcare workers had cell phones that were contaminated. There was a significant increase as phone or device size increased. (Koroglu et al, 2015)

The Aluvis system can be located near a portable hand sanitizing dispenser which allows the user to sanitize their hands while their device is moving through the Aluvis unit thereby decreasing the risk of recontamination.

Studies have shown that 84% of Orthopedic Surgeons and Orthopedic residents were in possession of cell phones containing pathogenic bacteria. (Shakir 2015)