It's essential to minimise the risk of bacterial infections and viruses spreading in every situation. This is particularly true of healthcare organisations, however, where an uncontrolled spread could have devastating consequences. What are some key ways you can help to minimise germs and viruses spreading?
Using antimicrobial cards, badge holders, and lanyards
Contact is one of the leading ways that bacteria and viruses spread. As such, ensuring everything that your healthcare providers, patients, and visitors are likely to touch is antimicrobial becomes extremely important, especially where items are used frequently and are likely to be touched often. The ID cards, lanyards, badge holders and other accessories offered by Universal Smart Cards have a special antimicrobial coating, designed to minimise the spread of germs and bacteria. When these products are used alongside good sanitation practices like regularly washing hands and wearing face masks, they can have a considerable effect on lowering the risk of spreading disease.
What is an antimicrobial coating, and how does it work?
All of our antimicrobial products at Universal Smart Cards are treated with an additive during the manufacturing process. The coating we use contains silver nanotechnology, the benefits of which have been known and understood throughout the medical profession for decades.
This kills bacteria in three key ways; First, it dissolves the cell's membrane. Second, it depletes the available oxygen. Third, it destroys reproductive receptors
These three key steps help ensure that our antimicrobial products are able to effectively stop the growth of a wide range of viruses and bacteria. This can help dramatically reduce the risk of spreading diseases, infections, and other particle-borne illnesses.
Investing in particle-filtering face masks
Another key investment healthcare organisations can make via Universal Smart Cards is particle-filtering face masks. Obviously, many diseases can be spread by particles carried via our breath. Our FFP 2 facemasks comply with WHO standards and offer over 94% efficiency at capturing particles expelled through regular breathing, sneezing, or coughing. The more particles caught, the lower the risk of respiratory bacteria spreading.
The masks available at Universal Smart Cards aren't just designed with efficiency and effectiveness in mind, however. We also understand that busy healthcare professionals will need to wear these masks throughout the length of their busy shifts. That means they've been designed to be as comfortable and unobtrusive as possible to wear. Our masks do this by using a comfort-focused head-loop fitting and ensuring our masks have flexible edges. This means they can be easily adapted to fit the face shape of each user comfortably and securely.