Naples' NCH Healthcare System buys germ-killing robot

Art Levy | 3/25/2020

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In the battle against superbugs, Southwest Florida’s NCH Healthcare System has a new high-tech weapon. In addition to using traditional methods of disinfection, the Naples-based hospital chain has introduced portable machines that destroy germs with intense pulses of UV light.

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