One area that I predict might change as technology evolves is the basic hand hygiene. There was a study conducted on fellows and residents to assess their hand washing skills and see if they were adequate. After performing hand hygiene, they applied a lotion that would react to germs under UV light to show how well they cleaned. To their surprise, most of their hands were still covered in germs implying that they did not perform adequate hand hygiene, even though they had confidence that they did. I predict that there will be an easier way to perform hand hygiene such as with a UV light sterilizer that would require everyone wanting access to and out of patient areas to use in order to be granted access. This would make them accountable to perform hand hygiene and would become a true habit for them. Infection is spread the fastest through our bodies, primarily our hands that touch contaminated surfaces and then spreads to patients through poor hand hygiene and causes them more problems than when they presented themselves to the hospital. A UV-C light hand sterilizer can offer a promising future for healthcare disinfection, potentially reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) by quickly and effectively killing microorganisms on surfaces and potentially hands without the need for chemicals.

Yevgeniy Peregudov

National Library of Medicine, 2025. Use of Ultraviolet Light in Graduate Medical Education to Assess Confidence Among Residents and Fellows in Hand-washing Instruction. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9726597/

UV Smart, 2025. UV-C Light: The Future of Healthcare Disinfection. https://www.uvsmart.nl/articles/a-new-light-in-healthcares-disinfection#:~:text=UV%2DC%20Light:%20The%20future,find%20out%20more%2C%20click%20here.