Forgot the cleaning cloth, a high-tech UV machine is being used at the Canterbury District Health Board to disinfect devices including tablets and cell phones.

In a COVID-19 world, good hygiene has become top of many people’s minds.

A CDHB spokesman says mobile electronic devices such as iPads and mobile phones carry germs and can act as inadvertent ‘spreaders’ of infectious diseases.

This is where the ElectroClave comes in.

It uses UV-C (short-wavelength ultraviolet) light for 360-degree sterilisation, killing 99.9 percent of pathogens.

It eliminate germs on personal devices with 360-degree UVC rapid disinfection with no material degradation.

Its cooling system is also designed to prevent devices from being overheated.

It’s already used across healthcare in several other countries.

Canterbury was the first DHB in New Zealand to trial the ElectroClave.