Every year in Australia 200,000 people acquire an infection in a hospital, and most of these are caused by bacteria transferred to the patient via a healthcare workers hands.
Rigorous hand washing and infection control policies can minimise and contain outbreaks of hospital acquired infections, but there remains a gap in our attempts to break the cycle of infection:
The keyboard.
Keyboards are notoriously hard to clean piece of technology that are so common that they are almost invisible. Many hospital PC's run 24/7 supporting multiple users in a variety of situations, every one of those users both adding to the bacteria present and taking away a sample of whatever is living on the keyboard.
This presents a risk even when the person doing the typing is not in a clinical area or directly treating patients, all that's needed is for them to touch a patients file to transfer all the bacteria present on any surface they've touched to that document.....which is sure to be touched later by the patients nurse, doctor, physiotherapist and any other professional who interacts with the patient.
It is not just the patients at risk, hospital staff who are injured at work or are sporting unrelated wounds can potentially acquire an infection that is hard to treat and potentially lethal in extreme cases.
TypeShield Keyboards are designed break this cycle by preventing the growth of bacteria on their surface as well as killing any new bacteria which are later deposited. These ergonomic keyboards are covered in hard wearing, washable silicon impregnated with nano silver particles, causing a reaction with bacteria that destroys the cell walls, killing the bacteria in a way which they cannot become resistant to or build up a tolerance against.
Completely waterproof they are designed to endure hospital grade cleaning products, regular thorough washing and the tough working conditions of many healthcare facilities.
Used in conjunction with a regular cleaning schedule, a TypeShield keyboard and Mouse are a huge step toward ending hospital acquired infections in both patients and staff.
Testing conducted by NATA accredited labs here in Australia showed traditional hospital keyboards with a bacterial count of over 300, a TypeShield Pro keyboard in identical conditions returned a bacterial count of less than ten, as low as the labs test will measure.
Of the 1724 cases of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia recorded in Australian hospitals in one year, only 77 percent responded to antibiotic treatment, leaving 23% or 396 patients with an infection that isn't stopped by conventional means. This prolongs the patients hospital stay, causes pain and suffering, delays healing and can endanger the patients life.
TypeShield products protect patients and staff by removing one of the largest reservoirs of bacteria found in the modern healthcare environment and replace it with something that actively fights all bacteria.
Thanks John very informative content