Code 3®, a company in engineering and manufacturing of innovative emergency lighting and warning products used in emergency response vehicles, announced a licensing agreement with Vital Vio, Inc., developer of an innovative, continuous White Light Disinfection™ technology designed to safely and constantly kill germs on indoor surfaces.

“We are absolutely thrilled to be partnering with Vital Vio to bring this groundbreaking technology to the emergency response market,” said Bryan Lohbeck, product manager, ECCO Safety Group (ESG), parent company of Code 3. “The introduction of Vital Vio technology into the emergency vehicle marketplace will give our customers the opportunity to provide emergency responders with a healthier, safer work environment.”

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Interior lights incorporating Vital Vio technology multi-task to provide both illumination and disinfection, and act in concert with traditional intermittent cleaning to kill bacteria and other harmful organisms. Vital Vio’s proprietary technology uses a precisely tuned broadband spectrum of visible light, designed to target molecules that are only in germs and not in humans or animals. Unlike in the use of ultraviolet (UV) disinfection systems where human exposure is restricted, VioSafe™ White Light Disinfection™ technology is suitable for continuous human exposure.

Research has shown that Vital Vio’s VioSafe™ White Light Disinfection™ technology continuously reduces bacteria on high touch surfaces in interior environments, including in a medical trauma room. 

VioSafe™ T8 Replacement Tube Antibacterial Lights (Image: Vital Vio)

“Germs pose a constant and costly threat to first responders and their patients being transported in ambulances and other emergency vehicles. Code 3’s decision to integrate Vital Vio’s unique disinfection LED technology into its overhead lighting and illumination products designed for emergency vehicles offers an important new layer of infection protection for those whose lives are on the line every day,” said Vital Vio CEO and Co-Founder Colleen Costello.

VioSafe™ Antibacterial White Light LED (Image: Vital Vio)

With this new licensing agreement, Code 3 is exploring integrating the VioSafe™ continuous White Light Disinfection™ technology into all of its emergency vehicle compartment lighting and interior commercial vehicle lighting, including those developed by its sister company, ECCO®. This includes its interior lighting products designed for non-emergency commercial vehicles such as refuse haulers, school buses, fleet vehicles, and more.