Keyboards help MRSA spread in Hospitals

A study by Dr Gary Noskin of Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, shows that keyboards and other computer equipment used in hospitals can aid the spread of “superbug” such as MRSA.

Merely touching a keyboard is enough to pick up bacteria such as MRSA, which could easily be passed onto vulnerable patients. Plus due to the design of normal keyboards found in hospitals, typical keyboard cleaning procedures are not practical to remove the bacteria.
In response to rising concerns about hospital acquired infections, Data Clean in conjunction with iKey have developed a series of cleanable medical keyboards and mice solutions.

These medical keyboards and medical mice are designed to reduce cross contamination in hospital environments. The new liquid-proof keyboards feature low-profile silicon rubber keys that can withstand bleach cleaning, and are easily sprayed or wiped down for complete disinfection.
For low-light environments, the keyboards are conveniently backlit. They are ideal for Operating rooms(OR’s), patient rooms, carts, Intensive Care Units (ICU’s) and retractable workstations.

Medical standard keyboards are now available for purchase from our on-line store

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Nobody likes working at a dirty keyboard but as we spend more and more time at our computer our keyboards become dirtier and dirtier. They can end up covered in food crumbs, paper, hair, skin and germs.

Cleaning a computer keyboard can be done in one of two ways

A surface keyboard clean – takes approximately 20 minutes A deep keyboard clean – takes approximately 1 hour Before you start, you will need a number of Items, all of the below items are available from our on-line store.

• Can of compressed Air
• Lint Free Cloth
• Computer Clean Wipes
• Small flat head screw driver

As you will see from the below guides, cleaning keyboards can take up a lot of your valuable time. If you would like for us to send somebody out to your office to clean your keyboards, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

We can clean the following equipment

• Server Cleaning
• Keyboard Cleaning
• Telephone Cleaning
• PC Cleaning
• Computer Screen Cleaning
• Printer Cleaning
• Photocopier Cleaning
• Fax Machine Cleaning
• Mobile Phone Cleaning

1) Guide to doing a Surface Clean of Your Keyboard

2) Deep Clean – for standard keyboard only (not laptop keyboards)

Some Notes

Please make sure the computer is turned off and the keyboard is unplugged before cleaning your keyboard

When removing the keys from the keyboard, please be very careful not to damage them. If you are unsure please contact us.

If you have questions please contact us.

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We at Data Clean Europe spend a lot of our time cleaning computer equipment such as:

• Servers
• Keyboards
• Telephones
• PC’s
• Computer Screens
• Printers
• Photocopiers
• Fax Machines
• Mobile Phones

As all of these items have become an integral part of our life, so it is inevitable that a rapid build up of dust, dirt and germs can occur.

All of these electronic items can break down due to the build up of dust and dirt inside its casing and you the operator of the equipment can be infected by the germs sitting on the surface of the equipment.

Another problem is that equipment like keyboards and mobile phones while robust and hard wearing cannot be cleaned using traditional methods like a warm soapy cloth. In fact it is recommend that no electronic equipment is cleaned with water.

Instead you should use canned air, computer wipes and swabs.
The majority of people who have used canned air will have used a disposal can with a thin straw like nozzle, the problem with this type of can is that while using it you have to keep the can in an upright position, otherwise the propellant comes out of the can in a liquid form which can damage your delicate electronic equipment.

BUT the second problem is that in order to reach some places with the canned air you need to tilt the can to gain access, which means you either don’t clean certain parts of the equipment or you run the risk of damaging it with propellent.
This is why we at Data Clean Europe use the Dust-Off Plus canned air / air duster.

The advantage of the Dust-Off Plus air-duster is that it has an innovative application nozzle that can be rotated 360 degrees, meaning you can reach all parts of your equipment and not spill any propellent on your equipment.

As you can see from this picture, full access without tilting is possible

You can also buy re-fill cans of Dust-Off Plus and even buy replacement nozzles / valves for the Dust-Off Plus.

In fact our on-line shop has everything you need for computer equipment cleaning
including :

• Computer Screen Shammy
• DVD / CD Cleaning Cloth
• Disinfecting Phone Wipes
• Computer Monitor Wipes
• Multi-Purpose Electronic Equipment Wipes
• Laptop Cleaning Kit
• Computer Cleaning Kit
• Camera Cleaning Kit
• Mobile Phone Cleaning Kit
• Keyboard Cleaning Kit

We are also happy to answer any of your questions regarding cleaning of computer equipment and of course we are also happy to call out and do the cleaning for you.

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