White paper

Touchless door access switch help curb healthcare facility infections

Touchless door switches allow patients, staff to open an automatic door with a hand wave


Reducing hospital infection rates will require a range of new practices and procedures, including procedures designed to minimize infections transmitted through healthcare workers’ hands, according to a white paper on the Essex Electronics website.

One option is to install touchless switches that enable healthcare professionals to open automatic doors with the wave of a hand. 

This eliminates the need for touching doorknobs, door handles or mechanical access switches which, in turn, eliminates the possibility that hands will be contaminated.

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts- Amherst found bacteria on doorknobs as soon as 15 minutes after the doorknobs were disinfected.

Read the white paper.

 

 



May 27, 2015


Topic Area: Safety


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