Military Hospital in Poland

Redefining Hospital IPC in Practice: Continuous Far-UVC Infection Control in the Emergency Department in Żary

An Emergency Department never slows down. Patients arrive without warning. Pathogens arrive with them. For the staff working in the Emergency Room of the 105th Military Hospital in Żary, this is daily reality—not theory, not a worst-case scenario.

For the hospital’s infection prevention and control (IPC) team, the question was not if environmental exposure occurs, but how to reduce airborne and surface transmission risk continuously, during routine clinical operations.

From Risk Recognition to an IPC-Controlled Environment

In 2025, the hospital took a decisive step to strengthen hospital infection control by installing a Continuous Active Air and Surface Disinfection System using 222 nm Far-UVC technology from UV Medico across the Emergency Department.

This was not a single-room trial or episodic UV disinfection. The installation was designed as permanent IPC infrastructure, aligned with environmental infection control, airborne infection isolation, and healthcare-associated infection (HAI) risk reduction.

Far-UVC coverage now includes:

• patient waiting areas and registration zones
• medical triage and consultation spaces
• treatment and procedure rooms
• observation rooms and intensive care areas

Each area was assessed as part of the transmission pathway for airborne and contact-based pathogens.

Built for Real Emergency Department Workflows

The installation integrates ceiling-mounted stationary UV222™ Far-UVC units with wide-angle VERTEX222 mobile systems, forming a layered, continuous environmental disinfection strategy that adapts to real-time IPC needs.

Fixed installations deliver uninterrupted background control of air and surface bioburden in permanently occupied areas. Mobile units allow targeted deployment during periods of increased patient load, workflow changes, or elevated IPC risk.

Crucially, the system operates safely in the presence of patients and healthcare workers, without disrupting care delivery.

What Changed for Infection Prevention and Control

The introduction of Far-UVC 222 nm added an effective continuous layer of environmental control in the Emergency Department, reinforcing—rather than replacing—routine manual and terminal cleaning practices.

What changed is timing and continuity.

Far-UVC now operates:

• during patient care
• during staff presence
• during peak occupancy

The system continuously reduces airborne and surface microbial load between routine cleaning cycles, addressing exposure risk when traditional methods cannot.

The Far-UVC system contains no chemicals, no residues, no consumables, and there’s no downtime.
Far-UVC works in the background, supporting existing IPC measures—cleaning, hand hygiene, PPE, and ventilation—by suppressing environmental contamination between and during interactions, not after rooms are empty

Turning IPC Strategy into Physical Protection

This installation demonstrates how Far-UVC 222 nm technology can move from guidelines and risk assessments into practical, always-on infection control infrastructure within a high-acuity Emergency Department.

At the 105th Military Hospital in Żary, infection prevention is no longer limited to moments between patients.
It is embedded in the environment—continuously reducing the risk of airborne transmission, surface contamination, and healthcare-associated infections, every hour of every day.