| The medical profession has undergone dramatic | | | | are designed to be easily washable, allowing cleaning |
| changes in the last decade. Computers and | | | | without the risk of damage to the keyboard. |
| technology used to be the solely used by | | | | As hospital keyboards can be regularly washed with |
| administrators but now, everybody, from doctors, | | | | soap, water and a host of cleaning products, including |
| nurses and even orderlies, regularly have to use | | | | anti-bacterial detergents and alcohol' this can greatly |
| computers equipment. | | | | reduce the risk of infection spreading from user to |
| All this sharing of keyboards and computer mouse | | | | user. |
| can cause problems. Computer keyboards and a | | | | Medical Mouse |
| computer mouse are transmitters of germs and | | | | Similar to hospital keyboards a medical mouse is also |
| bacteria. With so many different people using them, | | | | washable. Computer mouse have the same problem |
| some eating at the desk or slopping coffee on the | | | | as computer keyboards with germs able to get a |
| keyboard, it is no wonder that there are more germs | | | | foot hold in the gaps between the buttons, which is |
| on the average computer keyboard than on a toilet | | | | why a washable medical mouse is built without the |
| handle or seat. | | | | gaps. They are also manufactured from the same |
| And with the rise of hospital acquired infection over | | | | bacteria resistant materials as a hospital keyboard |
| recent years, such as MRSA and C. Difficile, the | | | | and can be easily washed and wiped clean - even |
| spread of germs from computer equipment is a | | | | with alcohol. |
| serious issue. | | | | You can even get washable wireless mouse enabling |
| Hospital Keyboards | | | | easier use - they can also be carried away by |
| Hospital keyboards are designed to not only prevent | | | | individuals allowing them to have their own mouse |
| bacteria build up, being built flush with no nooks and | | | | rather than share with different users and risk the |
| crannies for bugs to hide and spread; but also they | | | | spreading of pathogens. |