Sterile, Silicone-Based, Virtually Unbreakable Keyboard
Ideal for Doctors, Nurses, Hospitals, Clinics, Labs and More
GrandTec USA, a developer and marketer of specialty computer products, introduces MediKeys; a computer keyboard uniquely designed to meet the specialized and demanding needs of the medical and healthcare industries.
Computer keyboards have been found to harbor a form of bacteria responsible for 95 percent of all hospital-acquired illnesses, according to a study reported in the American Journal of Infection Control; and harmful bacteria can survive as long as 24 hours on computer keyboards, according to a study carried out at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. The Northwestern study also found that keyboards can contaminate the fingers, bare or gloved, of nurses and doctors, who could then transfer bacteria to patients.
Yet computer use in hospitals and other health-care facilities is multiplying rapidly. The difficulty of cleaning keyboards, as well as the nature of people's interaction with them, has traditionally made keyboards suitable homes for bacteria. Letter and number keys can pack up to 3,200 bacterial cells per key from the oil left as fingerprints, while computer mice can harbor even more.
The MediKeys Advantage
When cleanliness is the question, MediKeys is the answer. MediKeys circuitry is housed in a shining white, silicone-based, hypoallergenic skin made from a chemically inert, Latex-free synthetic polymer that is easily disinfected with any antibacterial solution, including bleach, Lysol® and Wexide®, a powerful disinfectant cleaner. MediKeys can also be washed by hand, in a dishwasher, or in an autoclave — on-board mouse and all.
And that's just the start. Created for healthcare professionals, MediKeys is as rugged as it is sanitary. It's impervious to damage by water, coffee, soda, solvents, as well as blood products and other liquids and substances found in medical environments.
It's virtually unbreakable 109-key layout can be used easily almost anywhere, and then rolled up in a drawer. It includes a fully functioning mouse that is built into its already compact unit. This eliminates the need for a separate mouse, and a bacteria-attracting mouse pad. This one-piece wonder promises to change the way technology meets the specific needs of the medical world.
Rugged, durable, flexible, and quite simply the cleanest computer keyboard available today, GrandTec's MediKeys is a revolutionary component — more necessity than accessory — that helps keep hospitals, doctor's and dentist's offices, and laboratories as clean as they are meant to be.
The keyboard is compatible with both PCs and Macs, connects via a simple USB port, and requires no special software.
MediKeys is available now online from GrandTec and through Amazon.com at a suggested price of $149.