University Health Shreveport is the first and only acute care hospital in Louisiana to use Xenex Disinfection Healthcare Services' germ-zapping technology to increase patient safety. The portable disinfection robot uses pulsed xenon to deliver ultraviolet (UV) light that is 25,000 times more powerful than sunlight to destroy deadly bacteria, viruses, fungi and bacterial spores. The device is proven to destroy the most dangerous and hard-to-kill superbugs like Clostridium difficile (C. diff), norovirus, influenza and MRSA (antibiotic-resistant staph bacteria). This technology is used in addition to extensive cleaning services provided by the hospital's Environmental Services team.