In a bid to combat the recent surge of the
Ebola Virus Disease, two germ-killing robots
have been taken from the US to hospitals in
Moronvia and Liberia.
Fox News reports that it was deemed necessary
so as to combat the deadly disease through the
use of innovative disinfection technology. The
hospitals involved are: the JFK Hospital and
ELWA Hospital both in Monrovia, Republic of
Liberia, both hotspots of the Ebola disease
outbreak.

TRU-D SmartUVC ultraviolet disinfection
device on display
The robots are put in place to disinfect the
places where Ebola patients are being treated.
According to the developer, the robot works by
generating ultraviolet light energy that modifies
the DNA structure of viral pathogens, like Ebola,
so that they cannot reproduce.
Viruses that cannot reproduce cannot colonise and
harm patients,” the inventor, a tropical disease
expert and medical anthropologist Dr. Jeffery L.
Deal noted in an interview.

Shows UV device in action (in the process of
disinfection)
Deal m*de it known that the robot, TRU-D
SmartUVC technology was developed to combat
the devastating effects of hospital acquired
infections. He further said: “Unlike many
diseases, Ebola strikes hospital workers more
than any other group, making it the ultimate
hospital acquired infection.”
Explaining that aside from Ebola, the TRU-D
SmartUVC technology, also helps in subduing
transfer of other deadly diseases like Middle
East Respiratory Syndrome, MERS, influenza,
norovirus, Clostridium difficile, Methicillin-
resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, etc., in
all types of health care settings, including
isolation wards, patient rooms, operating rooms,
surgical suites, intensive care units, emergency
rooms, public areas and ambulances.
“We know through extensive CDC-funded
research specific to TRU-D conducted by thought
leaders in epidemiology and infection
prevention that TRU-D is effective at eliminating
anypathogen by delivering a precisely measured
UVC dose. “As soon as we knew we could aid
struggling hospitals in Liberia, our team came
together and formulated a plan to get TRU-D on
the ground. More than 200 TRU-Ds have been
deployed to disinfect hospitals across the U.S.
and internationally’’, Deal reiterated.

The device, which has been tested in the US was
developed by a team of engineers, physicians
and industrial hygienists with the sole aim of
sterilizing health centres, rooms where patients
are being taken care of, contaminated surface
and many more. And surprisingly, the U.S.
Army tested the particular wavelength against
Ebola and found that the measured dose TRU-D
delivers results in incredibly rapid destruction
of the virus with its pathogen-specific dosing
options.
It would be recalled that the Ebola outbreak in
Nigeria has caused lots of uproar in the country.
From banks checking the state of health of their
customers before allowing them to transact, to
citizens desisting from bush meats and many
more.