SAFE WRAP™ Clear Antibacterial Door Handle Wrap.
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Introduction to Self Cleaning Door Handles
The self cleaning door handles are an increasingly popular product for hospitals, schools, and other commercial buildings. They commonly use silver ion antimicrobial technology to prevent the spread of infection. This article explains why self cleaning door handles are needed in the workplace and how standard antimicrobials such as hand soaps no longer meet the demands of a post-pandemic world.
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What are Antimicrobial Handles?
Antimicrobials are substances that can kill off and stop the growth of bacterias, viruses, fungi, and additional pathogens that can cause infection. Silver is the most common antimicrobial used to self clean door handles and other products because it has a long history of safe use in hospitals. Silver ion antimicrobials work by releasing positively charged silver ions (Ag+) into solution where they can interact with microbes, bacteria, viruses and fungi that come in contact with them. The ions disrupt microbial cells’ ability to function normally which leads to cell death or neutralisation of pathogens without harming human cells.
Antimicrobials have been around since ancient times but it wasn’t until recently medical professionals realised their full potential against life threatening illnesses like MRSA.
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Why Use Self Cleaning Door Handles
Silver self cleaning door handles are considered one of the safest ways for people who have compromised immune systems such as those undergoing chemotherapy or recovering from surgery, to protect themselves against infection due its low toxicity level compared to chemical sanitisers. They also help prevent cross contamination between sick patients being treated at hospitals.
Prior to self cleaning door handles hospitals and other medical facilities commonly used chemical sanitisers such as alcohol or chlorine based products. While they are effective in killing bacteria, viruses, fungi, and pathogens on contact the problem with these chemicals is that many of them have a very short half life which means they break down quickly leaving little protection from infection after being applied. As a result, people can become reinfected with the same pathogen they were trying to kill.
Self cleaning door handles use silver ion technology which self cleans and continues killing for up to 24 hours after initial application keeping patients protected throughout their entire hospital stay against germs like MRSA. While hospitals are still required to follow strict infection control protocols such as hand washing, self cleaning door handles serve as another line of defence in combating life threatening pathogens that could otherwise be transferred through touch or contact.
SAFE WRAP™ Antibacterial Door Handle Rail Wrap.
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How effective are Self Cleaning Door Handles?
These kind of antimicrobial handles have been around for years but have picked up in popularity over the last few years specifically. A self cleaning door handle can kill 99.99% of common hospital acquired infections such as MRSA and E. coli in seconds. Our products are even effective agains SaRS-COV-2, the pathogen responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our self cleaning antimicrobial handles at Veraco are made so they don’t wear away after being exposed to thousands upon thousands of people touching them daily, whereas some standard handles do over time. This is why self-cleaning silver ion antimicrobial technology has become the new standard for infection prevention and an important part of pandemic preparedness planning within commercial buildings today.
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Different Types of Antimicrobial Handles
As with fingerprints, every door hand be different. Some hand straight handles, others are bendy, so go up, some go down. We’ve taken this into account when designing door handle cover wraps to suit every building.
Silver self cleaning door handle covers are applied over standard door handles using a special double sided adhesive, so no drilling or screws required. This makes them easy to install on most doors which is why they’ve become such popular product in hospitals where you can’t risk opening up an infection control breach by accidentally let potential pathogens into the air with traditional hinges and knobs that need fixing all the time.
Our Clear Safe Wrap antibacterial door handle is an easy-to-install and long lasting answer to a healthier working environment. With its strong adhesive backing, the product will not peel or crack in high traffic areas that can potentially cause germs to spread. It may seem like just another accessory you buy every now then but this one lasts at least year so it’s worth taking into consideration when making sure everyone stays healthy at work by keeping infections outside their building’s doors too.
With so many people visiting a popular supermarket, there’s always the chance of infections spreading. Luckily for shoppers and store owners alike, we have silver ion antimicrobial technology that can be used in both baskets and trollies as well.
No matter what kind of self cleaning door handle cover wrap your facility needs we have it available. Our antimicrobial self-cleaning door handle covers can be made to fit any size standard or even handicap doors, and are available in clear vinyl material.
