Today’s medical and healthcare facilities place a high priority on infection control and creating safe, clean environments for patients and healthcare workers. It’s a well-known fact that computer keyboards and other peripherals can present huge risks for infection, even death. All workers need to adhere to best practices for cleaning and sanitizing such equipment. Most importantly, your staff can increase compliance and prevent risk by selecting medical-grade peripherals like iKey’s that are sealed, liquid-proof, easy to clean and easy to maintain.

• Using non-sealed keyboards creates opportunities to trap dirt, pathogens and contaminants which can lead to blood-stream infections including MRSA. Patient infections leads to higher risk of death, significantly higher likelihood of hospital readmission, and 3 to 4 weeks’ additional hospital time, which leads to high costs.
• According to the CDC, healthcare-associated infections can be economically staggering for hospitals, exceeding $30B annually in the USA.
• Downtime and the high costs of patient infections can be reduced significantly with iKey’s liquid-proof, sealed keyboards. White keyboards enable users to see contaminants more easily than dark-colored keyboards.
• When you consider Total Cost of Ownership, factoring in replacement costs, downtime and labor cost involved with cleaning and disinfecting, the best choice is an iKey medical keyboard.

Note: iKey’s “spray-wipe-spray” liquid-proof medical keyboards and mice can quickly be cleaned and sanitized with the CDC’s recommended processes and disinfectant solutions – easy to clean after every use.