amending infection control strategies
Everywhere in hospitals there are conventional PC keyboards and mice. The high numbers of hospital-acquired infections proof the urgent need for action.
Most computers in hospitals are used by many people so that the agent is spread through the personnel from patient to patient. On conventional keyboards and mice, which are proven to provide only insufficient hygienic features, agents such as the perilous MRSA have a walk-over.
Approx. 95% of all keyboards in hygienic sensitive areas are contaminated. Many bacteria can survive on the keyboards longer than 24 hours.
The MEDIGENIC keyboard provides all important requirement to obviously contain the cross contamination, with the best ease of use.
| Compliance Version | NEW!! Essential Version | |
| Cleaning Switch | x | x |
| Alert system | x | - |
| Backlight | x | - |
| Moist sensors | x | - |
| Pressure sensors | x | - |
| Cleanable, sealed surface | Hygienic alert system | High-speed data entry capability | Permanent/long life | Disinfect while in place | Infection control mouse companion | |
| Comliance | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Essential | x | - | x | x | x | x |
| Keyboard overlay/cover | x | - | - | - | - | - |
| Conventional keyboard | - | - | x | - | - | - |
| Size (HxWxD) | 170 mm x 462 mm x 34 mm |
| Weight | 1.2 kg |
| Color | bright blue |
| Cable lenght | 2 m |
| Connection | USB (PS/2 compatible via cable adapter) |
| Available layouts | 104/105 key - German/Switzerland/Belguim/Spanish/English (North America)/English (UK) |
| Back lit keys | brightness adjustable: off, 1, 2, 3 |
| Protection class | IP65 |
| Function key life | 700.000 actuations per key |
| Environmental conditions | 0-40°C / 5-80% humidity |
| Supported Operating Systems |
Microsoft Windows ® XP, Windows 2000 |
| Approvals | FCC Declaration of Conformance (USA), UL and cUL Notice of Approval (USA and Canada), EU EMC Declaration of Conformance (European Union), EU EN60601-1-2 Medical Safety Declaration of Conformance (European Union), CB Scheme Certificate (International), USB Certification, CE Declaration of Conformance, Safety and EMC (European Union) |
| Warranty | 2 Years |
To use the LED warning system of the keyboard the Medigenic software has to be installed on the system. If we deliver a VARIO or any other VIEWMEDIC system the software will already installed by us.