Robots with ultra-bright lights deployed in fight against deadly fungus

The Xenex UV LightingStrike Robots, which have an over 99% success rate of stopping infections of Candida Auris, potentially fatal drug-resistant fungi, according to a study by Netcare Hospitals, a…

— which told The Post it has disinfecting robots in local hospitals and at least 130 veterans hospitals nationwide — applied for approval from the Federal Drug Administration earlier this year for the device that uses xenon light, which is commonly found in vehicle headlights.

At least half a dozen New York City area hospitals are using $100,000 robots that deploy high-intensity light to combat a deadly drug-resistant fungus.Miller said the robots are being put to use in at least 130 Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs hospitals across the country.Morris said that his company’s robot can be used to disinfect a hospital room in about 10 minutes.

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