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Facility Managers and Environmental Services Can Help Prevent the Spread of Infectious DiseasesFacility Managers and Environmental Services (EVS) play a crucial role in protecting workers, students and patients from infectious diseases by means of environmental hygiene. Cleanliness not only protects human health, it reduces absenteeism and decreases costs. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the common cold and flu is the leading cause of work and school absenteeism with up to 22 million school days lost each year. Even grimmer, the CDC estimates that 1.7 Million people fall victim of a Hospital Acquired Infection (HAI) each year, resulting in 100,000 deaths, with costs in excess of $45 Billion. Cleaning for Infection Control and Prevention: Facility Managers should have an environmental hygiene program in place to prevent the spread of common colds, the flu and other infectious diseases. Environmental hygiene can be confused with ordinary cleaning services, but they are different. Environmental hygiene is a multifaceted approach that includes cleaning common touch surfaces and charting. This is critical because research concludes that hand hygiene alone is not enough to prevent disease transmission, and common touch items are a vector for cross-contamination. Hot Spots in Offices and Schools: (Coverall / Dr. Charles Gerba 2012) - Phones are the germiest place in offices; followed by desktops, water fountain handle, microwave door handle and keyboards
- In schools, the most germ-laden places are desktops; computer keyboards, mice, and touchpads; pencil sharpeners, water fountains and restrooms
- Proper cleaning techniques can reduce bacteria by up to 99.9 percent and absenteeism in schools by 50 percent.
Hot Spots in Hospitals: - 25% of hospital keyboards harbor the Super Bug MRSA, but daily disinfecting of the keyboards could reduce the risk of cross contamination (Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology / Rutala et al. 2006)
- Contamination with pathogens such as S aureus occurs on iPads used for patient care (American Journal of Infection Control 2013)
- We looked at touch screens in hospitals recently and found them to be heavily contaminated with organisms such as MRSA (Infection Control Today / Dr. Charles Gerba 2012)
It is evident that preventing illness extends beyond hand hygiene to include environmental hygiene. Facility Managers and Environmental Services need cost-beneficial solutions to prevent the transmission of disease. Seal Shield provides Infection Control technology and bundled solutions to improve outcomes and reduce costs.
Seal Shield is the leading developer of medical keyboards. Seal Shield keyboards are waterproof and they feature antimicrobial product protection, the two most critical qualities of effective medical grade keyboards. Seal Shield's waterproof keyboards are 100% waterproof, so they can be cleaned with sprays or wipes without ever being disconnected or powered down. Seal Shield waterproof keyboards are fully washable; in fact, we recommend that they be washed regularly to protect the users. They can be soaked in bleach, washed in a sink or even cleaned in an automatic dishwasher! Seal Shield's waterproof keyboards are independently certified to IP-68, which is the highest rating against dust, debris and liquid ingress, signifying that Seal Shield's keyboards are waterproof and fully submersible.
See Medical Keyboards
“I AM ONE OF THE INFECTION CONTROL NURSES. We have dropped these keyboards, slammed the keys, put them through the dishwasher many times. We also test these periodically with our ATP tester and they consistently register below 10, which is considered a low bacterial count. I have also washed them with our hospital-grade detergents without any problems.”
Brian J. Rogers, Infection Control Coordinator
VA Medical Center – Roseburg, OR 
Medical Mice
Seal Shield is the leading developer of medical mice. Seal Shield mice are waterproof and they feature antimicrobial product protection, the two most critical qualities of effective medical grade mice. Seal Shield’s medical mice are 100% waterproof, so they can be cleaned with sprays or wipes without ever being disconnected or powered down. Seal Shield’s waterproof mice are fully washable; in fact, we recommend that they be washed regularly to protect the users. They can be soaked in bleach, washed in a sink or even cleaned in an automatic dishwasher. Seal Shield’s medical mice are independently certified to IP-68, which is the highest rating against dust, debris and liquid ingress, signifying that Seal Shield’s medical mice are waterproof and fully submersible. See Medical Mice
It has been over a year since I have received the mouse and keyboard from Seal Shield to test them. And even after using them EVERY SINGLE DAY, they have not failed me, even after they have been dropped from my desktop into the floor numerous times. I am astonished by the endurance of your products that I just had to make a second review. Indeed, I am convinced that your products are of top quality.
Israel Jaramillo
New Mexico State University 
Screen Protectors
Seal Shield’s screen protector with Antimicrobial Product Protection was developed with healthcare in mind for Surgical Monitors, Touch Screens, Computers and Tablets. Protective film can withstand harsh chemicals used in medical-grade disinfectants, including bleach and will not “discolor” or “cloud”. Patented technology adds tensile strength to protect from scratches and impacts caused by OR booms and other equipment. Screen Protector conceals existing scratches to enhance visibility and will not interfere with touch screen functions. See Screen Protectors
We were in a dilemma with our surgery department. The constant physical abuse on their surgical flat screens had an economic impact on our biomedical department. The replacement cost for each monitored was $3300. This happened once a month or every two months, one or two displays at each time. We found that our initial investment in the Seal Shield™ screen protectors was recovered almost instantly since the very first day. So far the first year we were able to save over $30,000.
Fred N. Torrance
Memorial Medical Center
Waterproof Remotes
All Seal Shield universal TV Remotes are 100% waterproof, antimicrobial product protection and dishwasher safe. Seal Shield TV Remotes can take the abuse of any environment. Seal Shield TV Remotes have been designed for hospitals, to help reduce the risk of cross contamination infections. But, they are also ideal for other challenging environments including hospitality (bars, restaurants), travel (hotels, cruise ships), corporate environments or even your home. See Waterproof Remotes
UV Disinfection
Seal Shield's new ElectroClave™ automates mobile device management (MDM) by providing 360° LED UV-C disinfection, smart charging technology and RFID tracking; providing vital oversight to both IT Administrators and Healthcare workers. At the heart of ElectroClave™ is a web-based management portal, an indispensable tool for setting-up rules and notifications to support disinfection policies at different levels. See UV Disinfection Devices
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