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Studies of three large hospitals, demonstrated that elevator buttons are more likely to be colonized by bacteria, such as, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, coliform, Enterococcus and Pseudomonas.
Our UV-C Hand Held Sanitiser® is powered by a custom built battery pack, providing up to 2.5 hours usage on a single charge, easily sanitizing small and large areas without trailing electrical cables in less than 10 seconds.
Ideal for frequent use throughout the day, especially useful for hospitals where infection and cross-contamination is of paramount importance.
Numerous research over recent years by various institutions has demonstrated that computer Keyboards, including Desktop peripherals in hospitals, offices, educational and Call Centres where they are multiple users, harbor harmful bacteria and viruses that can cause illness to the user; especially those with suppressed immune systems. These include:
Going up? Your risk of infection is if you touch an elevator button and then put your hand near your eyes, nose, or mouth. One study showed that more than a third of elevator buttons are home to MRSA, an antibiotic-resistant bacteria that can cause serious illness. They also found E. coli as well as acinetobacter, which can cause meningitis and pneumonia.
Hospital-acquired infections are a substantial cause of morbidity and mortality.The point prevalence of nosocomial infection among hospital inpatients is estimated to be as high as 10%.3 Furthermore, even brief exposure to a hospital emergency department can increase the risk of such an infection.4 A variety of inanimate objects, including white coats, computer keyboards, cellular telephones, stethoscopes, adhesive tape, ultrasound transducers, and radiographic equipment, harbour bacteria. Previous studies have most commonly identified colonization by skin bacteria, such as coagulase-negative staphylococci. Surface contamination has also been implicated in the propagation of drug-resistant bacteria. Moreover, bacteria can persist on inanimate objects for days.
Detected bacteria included Serratia, Enterobacter and Staphylococcus species. All of the elevator buttons were colonized by Staphylococcus and Enterobacter species. According to Figure 1, the schools of medicine, dentistry, management and medical information sciences had the highest bacterial contamination.
*source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles
Viruses that spread by droplets in the air, like the flu and COVID-19, can move from person to person if you sit too closely together in a waiting room. That risk goes up the louder the infected person talks or if they sneeze or cough. Droplets from seeing and coughing can travel up to 3 metres and lands on surfaces. Researchers studying hospital furniture and equipment found risky levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria on these surfaces.
*source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles
Research from the Swinburne University of Technology in Australia studied the amount and type of bacteria on personal faculty keyboards and shared keyboards and other surfaces around the university. They found that keyboards can have high levels of bacteria on them and that shared keyboards tend to have more bacteria than those used by only one person.
Even more disturbing, research by University of Arizona, took samples from various offices across the state and also found that the average desktop has 400 times more bacteria than the average toilet seat.
A study at Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital found that two deadly drug-resistant types of bacteria (vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)) could survive for up to 24 hours on a keyboard, while another common but less deadly bug (Pseudomonas aeruginosa) could survive for an hour.
*Source: Sarah Miller RN, Keris Krennhrubec, and Diana Zuckerman, PhD, National Center for Health Research
Very good product! Would definitely recommend. I use this product in our banqueting hall to get rid of the smell and bacteria out of the toilets.
United Kingdom
Amazing, easy to use & the company are so helpful if you have any questions. It's lightweight, portable & really easy to use. Brilliant if you don't have one you should get one, there brilliant
Brilliant device, even the air smelt burt for a few mins after this. Make sure you read instructions as these can be bad for skin if exposed
I love this! I actually don't know if it works because I'm not a microbiologist but the rooms smell great after treatment. Buy it
United Kingdom
Great service from Seller and item works perfectly .... hopefully the science matches. As others say, I am not going to scientifically test the results.
Great product, cleans the air really well.A slight burning smell when you first enter the room after a session.I would definitely recommend this product
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