"The authority started using eight smart robots to perform UV sterilization operations for all rooms and corridors in its health facilities, as part of its continuous efforts to adopt the latest technologies and smart systems in its operations and procedures in line with its plans," said Director of Projects and Leader of the Future Team at Dubai Health Authority, Khulood Abdullah Al Ali. The strategy is to keep pace with global developments in the field of artificial intelligence, and to coincide with the full return of providing diagnostic and treatment services to patients. ”
Al Ali explained the multiple advantages of the UV ray robot, which is its ability to move automatically without the need for human intervention, and to ensure greater and better coverage of touch areas and a 360-degree range, with the ability to repeat the process itself with high accuracy several times, and to adopt certain criteria to sterilize all rooms With the preparation of reports to prove the implementation of sterilization, in addition to the ease of use of the technique in the cleaning routine and daily sterilization with large areas and a speed ranging between 10-15 minutes for sterilization per room, which contributes to reducing infection and improving health care within health facilities.
She stressed the importance of this technology that can be used to sterilize many places such as offices, hospital rooms and corridors, operating rooms, warehouses, housing units, and other places.
Al Ali reviewed the great efforts and great attention paid by the Dubai Health Authority to provide all safety measures and precautionary measures within its hospitals and health and specialized centers, to avoid the transmission of infection in light of the complete return to receive patients and auditors.