Daan Hoek is the Co-Founder of UV Smart and very passionate about UV-C light as a disinfecting agent in the medical field. UV Smart is an innovative company based in the Netherlands with an established US office in New York. The UV Smart devices can disinfect medical equipment quickly, efficiently, and consistently by using UV-C light. By refining this ancient technology, UV Smart made it possible to disinfect medical equipment in a rapid an effective way. UV-C light also eliminates the use of chemical disinfectants that are harmful to medical equipment, operators, and our planet, while saving a substantial amount of turnaround time. UV Smart is the front-runner in applying UV-C technology to medical devices. UV Smart is currently active in over 20 countries worldwide.
Daan is also the chairman of the Taskforce UV-C light of the Dutch Normalization Committee. Along with the taskforce, he developed the first European guideline for UV-C disinfection devices in the medical field. He is also in charge of all the clinical (multi-center) studies of UV Smart, three of which are running in the US and in Europe.