Disinfection Technology/Methods for Computer Equipment?

smammon asks: "I manage the IT department for a pretty average hospital. Our equipment is used everywhere, including the patient rooms, operating suites, and hallways. We expect it to move into more areas (hands) in the future with advent of more and more wireless/handheld technology. Our problem is that even with constant employee education and regular maintenance/cleaning efforts on our part - it is still very common for equipment to become contaminated with all manner of nasty goo. We have been looking for a method of disinfection that kills the bugs without killing the equipment. So far the only reasonably good looking alternative is vaporized hydrogen peroxide. Problem is that it's not known to positively kill the kind of tough bug that lives on surfaces. Anyone know of, developing, or selling a method for disinfection of sensitive equipment? Any innovative solutions from the geek collective?"

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I used to work for a company...

[immanis]

...that did software to help manage hospital materials, so I can sympathize. We sold a lot of people handhelds that are probably running into this very problem right about now.

I could call someone over there and get an opinion, and maybe even refer them to you and you guys could form a business relationship.

Well, I COULD, but they fired me for asking why someone needed root access to the CVS server. So, I'm a little bitter about the whole thing. So I won't

Man, I must be in a foul mood today.