Measuring the disinfection efficacy of the Tru-D iQ and Tru-D Legacy systems in acute patient care hospital rooms: a randomized experimental study

Bobby G Warren; Guerbine Fils-Aime; Amanda M Graves; Aaron Barrett; Nicholas A Turner; Deverick J Anderson

doi:10.1017/ash.2025.10223

Measuring the disinfection efficacy of the Tru-D iQ and Tru-D Legacy systems in acute patient care hospital rooms: a randomized experimental study

Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2025 Nov 17;5(1):e306. doi: 10.1017/ash.2025.10223. eCollection 2025.

Authors

Bobby G Warren^{1

2

3}, Guerbine Fils-Aime^{1

2

3}, Amanda M Graves^{1

2

3}, Aaron Barrett^{1

2

3}, Nicholas A Turner^{1

2

3}, Deverick J Anderson^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, NC, USA.
² Disinfection Resistance and Transmission Epidemiology (DiRTE) Lab, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.

Abstract

In this randomized experimental study, Tru-D iQ and Legacy UV-C systems both reduced environmental contamination in hospital rooms. Both systems significantly reduced contamination, with the Tru-D iQ achieving comparable efficacy overall and significantly shorter cycle times.