Getting Answers: efficacy and safety of UV-C disinfecting products
SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- As the world continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic, new products are being developed to disinfect surfaces in hopes of killing the coronavirus. UV-C products have quickly attracted buyers as an alternative to using...
The Best Protective Gear of 2020
One of the chief concerns of 2020 is “staying safe.” It’s been a tumultuous year that’s pushed everyone to show concern for their own health and the safety of those around them. A consistent difficulty for consumers is finding the right protective products, from masks...
Mark Beeston and William Bain Discuss the ‘Future is Now’ with Fotis Georgiadis
GREENWICH, CT, USA, November 6, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Fotis Georgiadis, owner of the blog by his namesake, is a branding and image consultant specialist with a robust background and is a visionary interviewer. With a knack for pulling out a well-rounded...
How to Support Your Workforce as They Return to the Office Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
In times of crisis, how companies react can make or break their employees’ sense of loyalty to the organization. Now more than ever, workers want to feel that their employer cares about their health and safety and in turn, will be more engaged and committed to the...
The Future Is Now: Mark Beeston of Vioguard On How Their Technological Innovation Will Shake Up How We Sanitize
Given the current state of the world amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Vioguard products and UV-C technology overall are key to helping businesses ensure the safety of their staff and customers to further enforce health guidelines which will enable a smoother and faster...
Travel warning: Coronavirus will ‘change the way we do things’ long after it has gone
IN THE wake of COVID-19's wrath, the way in which we conduct even the simplest of daily tasks seems to have been amended in a bid to tackle the spread of the virus. With the travel industry one of the worst affected by the pandemic, it is no surprise that major...
Your Apple iPhone is as a dirty as a toilet seat and is covered with ‘fecal matter’: disinfectant CEO
Time to hang up on your bestie and sanitize that toilet seat, err, Apple iPhone. “You just got to understand how filthy and disgusting your iPhone is. I mean, your phones are really, really dirty. Like not just a bit dirtier than the toilet seat, but 10 to 20 times...
9 tech products companies can buy for reopening offices during the pandemic
There are a range of new products available to help the enterprise prepare to safely bring employees back to the workplace. Offices are reopening after weeks of working from home due to the pandemic. Unless the business has adopted Twitter's example (all remote, all...
How to Safely Reopen • Retail & Restaurants
COVID-19 has impacted every industry, especially restaurants and retail stores. In March, 44% of U.S. restaurants were temporarily closed and the sales rate for retail and foodservice declined 8.7%, the steepest since it began being tracked in 1992. Now, as lockdowns...
Vioguard Introduces Technology That Safely Disinfects Keyboards, Keycards, TV Remotes, Etc.
BOTHELL, WASH.—There has been an ‘ick’ factor associated with hotels for a long time. Think TV remotes, shared keyboards, key cards that have touched who knows how many hands, etc. “Ninety-six percent of keyboards have pathogens on them,” says Mark Beeston, VP of...
Keep It Clean: How Retailers Can Leverage UV-C Technology To Sanitize During COVID-19 Crisis
For most retailers, 2020 isn’t the year where stocking the latest electronic gadget, newest fashion from the runway or most flawless diamonds are going to draw customers in. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, what will bring customers back into your store is seeing the...
How Technology Can Help Hospitality’s Recovery
The hospitality industry is one of the hardest hit amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the American Hotel and Lodging Association, U.S. properties lost more than $23 billion in room revenue since mid-February and are continuing to lose $2.8 billion weekly....
Benefits of Implementing Virus-Killing UV-C Technology Before Reopening
Various states across the U.S. are relaxing the rules for business reopening. These staged actions include a wider range of businesses at each iteration, including many retail and food service establishments. With this movement comes the need for businesses to...
Using Technology to Stem the Pandemic Tide with Senior Executive Mark Beeston | Ep 35
Vice President Mark Beeston, joins Coruzant Technologies for the Digital Executive podcast. He shares how his company is using state of the art patented technology to eliminate pathogens on hospital devices, which was timely with the outbreak of... Listen to the...
The store of the future is coming this summer. Here’s what it looks like.
Shopping used to be a more-or-less carefree experience. That’s changed with the coronavirus outbreak and its trickle-down effects. Retailers have to think critically about how they approach crowding and sanitation. At the same time, they have to take into account that...
Here’s How to Make Jewelry Try-Ons Safer in Stores
As states open back up for business in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published various guidelines designed to make shopping safer for consumers and retail workers. Though jewelry stores aren’t addressed...
Protect yourself from COVID-19 with Ultraviolet light (UV-C)
If you’ve found yourself currently trying to master the fine art of opening doors with your elbows or sleeve amid the rising concern of coronavirus . . . you’re not alone! Most cases of COVID-19 are mild, but it is spreading quickly through our communities. Efforts to...
Why UV Light is the ONLY Solution – UV is the Future!
UV light is already the go-to solution for disinfecting community water supplies. Many hospitals and health care institutions currently use UV light to kill potentially dangerous bacteria, such as MRSA. Now many more industries are taking advantage of the safe and...
How to Safely Reopen • Retail & Restaurants
COVID-19 has impacted every industry, especially restaurants and retail stores. In March, 44% of U.S. restaurants were temporarily closed and the sales rate for retail and foodservice declined 8.7%, the steepest since it began being tracked in 1992. Now, as lockdowns...
Vioguard Introduces Technology That Safely Disinfects Keyboards, Keycards, TV Remotes, Etc.
BOTHELL, WASH.—There has been an ‘ick’ factor associated with hotels for a long time. Think TV remotes, shared keyboards, key cards that have touched who knows how many hands, etc. “Ninety-six percent of keyboards have pathogens on them,” says Mark Beeston, VP of...
Keep It Clean: How Retailers Can Leverage UV-C Technology To Sanitize During COVID-19 Crisis
For most retailers, 2020 isn’t the year where stocking the latest electronic gadget, newest fashion from the runway or most flawless diamonds are going to draw customers in. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, what will bring customers back into your store is seeing the...
How Technology Can Help Hospitality’s Recovery
The hospitality industry is one of the hardest hit amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the American Hotel and Lodging Association, U.S. properties lost more than $23 billion in room revenue since mid-February and are continuing to lose $2.8 billion weekly....
Benefits of Implementing Virus-Killing UV-C Technology Before Reopening
Various states across the U.S. are relaxing the rules for business reopening. These staged actions include a wider range of businesses at each iteration, including many retail and food service establishments. With this movement comes the need for businesses to...
Using Technology to Stem the Pandemic Tide with Senior Executive Mark Beeston | Ep 35
Vice President Mark Beeston, joins Coruzant Technologies for the Digital Executive podcast. He shares how his company is using state of the art patented technology to eliminate pathogens on hospital devices, which was timely with the outbreak of... Listen to the...
The store of the future is coming this summer. Here’s what it looks like.
Shopping used to be a more-or-less carefree experience. That’s changed with the coronavirus outbreak and its trickle-down effects. Retailers have to think critically about how they approach crowding and sanitation. At the same time, they have to take into account that...
Here’s How to Make Jewelry Try-Ons Safer in Stores
As states open back up for business in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published various guidelines designed to make shopping safer for consumers and retail workers. Though jewelry stores aren’t addressed...
Protect yourself from COVID-19 with Ultraviolet light (UV-C)
If you’ve found yourself currently trying to master the fine art of opening doors with your elbows or sleeve amid the rising concern of coronavirus . . . you’re not alone! Most cases of COVID-19 are mild, but it is spreading quickly through our communities. Efforts to...
Why UV Light is the ONLY Solution – UV is the Future!
UV light is already the go-to solution for disinfecting community water supplies. Many hospitals and health care institutions currently use UV light to kill potentially dangerous bacteria, such as MRSA. Now many more industries are taking advantage of the safe and...
10 health code violation sins you’re committing in your kitchen
That fuzzy face might be hard to resist, but Fluffy does not belong on the counter. Between the kitty litter between her toes, dander-ridden fur and last night's catch lingering on her lips, she is full of bacteria that can transfer to your food. Fido isn't out of the...
Intermountain Health: A leader in embracing new technology and patient safety
We were so impressed by a recent article written by Marc Harrison, President and CEO at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City, Utah. In it, Harrison discusses five key questions Intermountain asks themselves on a daily basis, the first of which is "Are our...
Vioguard ultraviolet keyboard proven to eradicate Ebola, flu and C. diff
NEWS RELEASE Portland, Oregon – Last week, researchers from Case Western Reserve University and Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center presented a poster that examined the efficacy of the FDA-cleared Defender™, a self-sanitizing ultraviolet (UV-C) keyboard at...
The 2018 flu season might be over, but watch out for round 2
The 2018 flu season may have come to a close, but don't relax with your hand hygiene and other precautions just yet. A different strain of the virus, influenza B has overtaken influenza A, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The second...
Reducing Sick Time for Nursing Staff in Hospitals
What’s the best way to keep from contracting an illness? Avoid exposure. Well yeah, you didn’t need us to tell you that. In the nursing world, that can be a bit more of a challenge than it is for the rest of us. And for hospitals, a nurse taking a sick day can create...
Top 10 grossest items you touch every day
You take it to work, to the store, to the park, to the airport and dare we say…the bathroom? Want to know something really nasty? Scientists at the University of Arizona have found that cell phones carry 10 times more bacteria than most toilet seats! Yuck! Your hands...
The 2018 Flu Season Is the Worst Since the 2009 Swine Flu Pandemic
This year’s flu season is more damaging and dangerous than any other since the catastrophic “swine flu” epidemic of 2009, according to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And the current rate and severity of infection is showing no sign...
Primary vs. Secondary Solutions: What’s needed to combat Healthcare Acquired Infections (HAIs)?
Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs) can occur when patients receive medical treatment or are exposed to surgical conditions. Patients with weakened immune systems are particularly vulnerable to HAIs. In fact, failing to prevent HAIs can result in morbidity and even...
Vioguard Releases New C.diff Study for Self-Sanitizing Keyboard
A recent study by an independent lab demonstrates the Defender™'s ability to eradicate up to 99% of Clostridium difficile (C. diff) spores. While many UV-C products reach this rate in 30-50 minutes against this particular bug, the Defender™ does it in 90...
Vioguard Doubles Salesforce and Expands U.S. Territories
Vioguard, home of the Defender, the only self-sanitizing UV keyboard, has some exciting changes and growth taking place to its sales team. There are now sales reps in eight U.S. territories, and the team overall has doubled. The changes began at the beginning of the...
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Mark Beeston and William Bain Discuss the ‘Future is Now’ with Fotis Georgiadis
GREENWICH, CT, USA, November 6, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Fotis Georgiadis, owner of the blog by his namesake, is a branding and image consultant specialist with a robust background and is a visionary interviewer. With a knack for pulling out a well-rounded...
How to Support Your Workforce as They Return to the Office Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
In times of crisis, how companies react can make or break their employees’ sense of loyalty to the organization. Now more than ever, workers want to feel that their employer cares about their health and safety and in turn, will be more engaged and committed to the...
The Future Is Now: Mark Beeston of Vioguard On How Their Technological Innovation Will Shake Up How We Sanitize
Given the current state of the world amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Vioguard products and UV-C technology overall are key to helping businesses ensure the safety of their staff and customers to further enforce health guidelines which will enable a smoother and faster...
