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No direct experience here, but afaik the solution is strict hygienic standards, constant testing and isolation of positive cases.

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In germany we have this allready but it doesnt work. It reduce the problem. But the real problem is ER. In a life death situation it doesnt work. ER are very hard to keep clean. But yes you are absolutly right

EDIT:// I am no doctor but did work in Hospitals. Doctor friends working in ER are telling me about those dangers. And also bigger Hospitals have less control about it.

Other countries seem to be successful with this approach, so might just be Germany failing? Which would not surprise me at all.

> The high-income countries with the most HARIs were Germany and Greece, ranking 6th and 17th globally, respectively.

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10263350/

HARI: Hospital-associated antibiotic-resistant infections

hey thanks. I also had the impression/

> it doesnt work. It reduce the problem

That's the goal.

220nm light is under investigation since it's germicidal but so far appears far less harmful to humans than other UV ranges. If those findings are validated we might see some permanent narrow-band, low-power UV lights in hospitals.

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