ANTIMICROBIAL KEYCARDS NOW AVAILABLE FOR HOTELS

ANTIMICROBIAL KEY CARDS FOR HOTELS

Just about every large hotel chain has been telling the world about how they’re going to keep their hotel clean and safe from COVID-19. Here’s what a bunch of them said they’d be doing, back in late April. And now they can all bring our health and safety one step further, with keycards that are antimicrobial.

Lodging Access Systems is a technological services company that serves the entertainment, leisure and hospitality industry. Their largest division, RFID Hotel, provides hotels and resorts with RFID cards, wristbands and similar items.

The concept of manufacturing plastic cards and badges with antimicrobial properties was first conceived in 2010 and was later patented. Lodging Access Systems has just gotten the exclusive rights and license to manufacture and distribute a patented and proprietary antimicrobial plastic keycard to hotels and resorts in the United States.

The keycards have New Antimicrobial Layer (NAML) technology. This inhibits the growth and transmission of germs, viruses and pathogens. Antimicrobial agents are added when the keycards are being manufactured and it inhibits up to 99.99 percent of germ, virus and bacteria regeneration. The effect is long-lasting with no adverse reactions to anyone interacting with the antimicrobial surface.

“Our company prides itself on being innovative and delivering the very best solutions for our customers and their guests. We are incredibly excited to introduce this patented antimicrobial hotel keycard technology to the hospitality industry,” said Matthew R. Brooks, president and CEO of Lodging Access Systems. “Now more than ever, introduction of products that help preserve the health of staff and guests are an imperative for hotels and resorts. We are proud to stand behind them in bringing this new product to our industry.”

Until the age of coronavirus, I never really thought about the thousands of people who had probably handled my keycard before me. Now that’s more of an issue. I guess each one could be cleaned with some sort of alcohol-based agent between guests. But a card that kills viruses etc. on contact would save time and cleaning materials while still keeping us safe.

May 24, 2020 | Your Mileage May Vary
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Hotels come up with antimicrobial keycard technology

Hotels come up with antimicrobial keycard technology

Lodging Access Systems has gained exclusive rights and permits to produce and sell patented proprietary antimicrobial plastic keycards to hotels and resorts in the United States and provides hotels with keycards and credentials from its subsidiaries, RFID Hotel and LAS Hospitality Supply.

These key cards include a new antimicrobial layer technology to inhibit the growth and transfer to the surfaces of heavily circulated products such as hotel keypaths of germs, viruses and pathogens. Antimicrobial agents are added to inhibit the regeneration of germs, viruses and bacteria by manufacturing the hotel keycard to 99.99%. The effect lasts long without any adverse effects on anybody who interacts with the antimicrobial surface.

“We are incredibly proud to bring this proprietary antimicrobial hotel keycard technology to the hospitality industry,” said Matthew R. Brooks, Chief Executive Officer of Lodging Access Systems. “We are very pleased to deliver the highest-level solutions for our customers and our customers.” “Now more than ever, the implementation of products that help protect the health of our people and our visitors has become an important necessity for hotels and resorts.

Available via RFID Hotel, LAS Hospitality Supplies and select licensed distributors will be Lodging Access Systems’s antimicrobial hotel keycards with a NAML technology. The NAML logo und patent markings and additional proprietary methods to ensure authenticity can be easily identified for the cards. The cards have been designed to be incorporated with both radio frequency and magnetic strip ID lockers systems and are completely compatible with all major lock systems.

Are you a owner of a Hotel? Maybe you should think more on your customers now.

BYRAJAT SINGH

24TH MAY 2020

https://bioinformaticsindia.com/hotels-come-up-with-antimicrobial-keycard-technology/

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Antimicrobial Room Key Card Technology Now Available For Hotels

Antimicrobial keycard technology now available for hotels.

Lodging Access Systems, which provides hotels with keycards and credentials through its subsidiaries, RFID Hotel and LAS Hospitality Supply, has acquired the exclusive right and license to manufacture and distribute a patented and proprietary antimicrobial plastic keycard to hotels and resorts in the United States.

These keycards contain New Antimicrobial Layer technology to inhibit the growth and transmission of germs, viruses and pathogens that thrive on the surfaces of intensely circulated products such as hotel keycards. Antimicrobial agents are added during manufacture of the hotel keycard to inhibit up to 99.99 percent of germ, virus and bacteria regeneration. The effect is long-lasting with no adverse reactions to anyone interacting with the antimicrobial surface.

"Our company prides itself on being innovative and delivering the very best solutions for our customers and their guests. We are incredibly excited to introduce this patented antimicrobial hotel keycard technology to the hospitality industry," said Matthew R. Brooks, president and CEO of Lodging Access Systems. "Now more than ever, introduction of products that help preserve the health of staff and guests are an imperative for hotels and resorts. We are proud to stand behind them in bringing this new product to our industry."

Lodging Access Systems' antimicrobial hotel keycards with NAML technology will be available through RFID Hotel, LAS Hospitality Supply and select licensed distributors. The cards will be easily identifiable through the NAML logo and patent markings, and the use of additional proprietary methods to ensure authenticity. These cards are designed to integrate with both magnetic stripe and radio frequency ID lock systems, and will be fully compatible with all major lock manufacturer systems.

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 Elaine Simon | 

May 21, 2020 4:34pm

https://www.hotelmanagement.net/tech/antimicrobial-keycard-technology-now-available-for-hotels

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Introduction of Antimicrobial Hotel Key Card Technology - RFID Hotel and LAS Hospitality Supply Address Updated Hotel Environment Standards

RFID Hotel and LAS Hospitality Supply Address Updated Hotel Environment Standards with Introduction of Antimicrobial Key Card Technology

Patented innovation capable of inhibiting up to 99.99 percent of virus and bacteria growth on key card surfaces and available to hoteliers throughout the US.

Lodging Access Systems, a company that provides thousands of hotels globally with a full spectrum of key cards and credentials through its subsidiaries, RFID Hotel and LAS Hospitality Supply, has announced that it has acquired the exclusive right and license to manufacture and distribute a patented and proprietary antimicrobial plastic key card to hotels and resorts in the United States.

These key cards contain New Antimicrobial Layer (NAML) technology to inhibit the growth and transmission of germs, viruses and dangerous pathogens that thrive on the surfaces of intensely circulated products such as hotel key cards. The concept of manufacturing plastic cards and badges with antimicrobial properties was first conceived in 2010 and is patented under US Patent 7,851,517. Antimicrobial agents are added during manufacture of the hotel key card to inhibit up to 99.99% of germ, virus and bacteria regeneration. The effect is long-lasting with no adverse reactions to anyone interacting with the antimicrobial surface.

"Our company prides itself on being innovative and delivering the very best solutions for our customers and their guests. We are incredibly excited to introduce this patented antimicrobial hotel key card technology to the hospitality industry," said Matthew R. Brooks, President & CEO of Lodging Access Systems. "Now more than ever, introduction of products that help preserve the health of staff and guests are an imperative for hotels and resorts. We are proud to stand behind them in bringing this new product to our industry."

Lodging Access Systems' antimicrobial hotel key cards with NAML technology will be available through RFID Hotel, LAS Hospitality Supply, and select licensed distributors. The cards will be easily identifiable through the NAML logo and patent markings, and the use of additional proprietary methods to ensure authenticity. These cards are designed to integrate with both magnetic stripe and RFID lock systems, and will be fully compatible with all major lock manufacturer systems. To inquire or learn more, please visit www.namlcard.com.

About Lodging Access Systems (LAS)

Established in 2002, Lodging Access Systems (LAS) provides technology solutions, safety and security products to the hospitality industry. The company's largest subsidiary, RFID Hotel, provides thousands of hotel and resorts, sporting events, and conferences with a full suite of guest room key cards and access credentials that integrate cutting-edge RFID technology. LAS is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business, and in 2019, the company was named to the Inc. 5000 list of "fastest growing companies in America."

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Matthew Brooks
President and Chief Executive Officer
mrbrooks@rfidhotel.com

HospitalityNet | 18 May 2020

https://www.hospitalitynet.org/news/4098743.html

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Hotel guests leave plenty of germs behind

Hotel guests leave plenty of germs behind

Study finds cold viruses all over rooms after sick guests checkout

Many hotel keys are often reused

SAN FRANCISCO — Hotel guests leave behind more than just socks and old paperbacks: A new study found viruses on TV remotes, light switches and even hotel pens after cold sufferers checked out.

The germ testing was done before the rooms were cleaned, so it likely overstates the risks that most travelers would face. Nevertheless, it shows the potential hazards if a hotel’s turnaround amounts to little more than changing the sheets and wiping out the tub.

“You sure hope the cleaning people were good,” said Dr. Owen Hendley, the University of Virginia pediatrician who presented results of the study Friday at a meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.

Besides hotel hazards, the findings point out things that people may not think to clean in their homes when someone has a cold.

“We know that viruses can survive on surfaces for a long time — more than four days,” said Dr. Birgit Winther, an ear, nose and throat specialist at the university who led the study.

Its aim was to test the survival of rhinoviruses, which cause about half of all colds, especially in children.

Researchers had 15 people with lab-confirmed rhinovirus colds spend a night in individual rooms at a nearby hotel and, after they checked out, tested 10 items they said they had touched. About one-third of the objects were contaminated with rhinovirus.

“We were surprised to find so many,” Winther said.

Virus was found on 7 out of 14 door handles and 6 of 14 pens. Six out of 15 light switches, TV remotes and faucets tested positive, as did 5 of 15 phones. Shower curtains, coffee makers and alarm clocks also harbored viruses.

Surprisingly, virus turned up on only one of the 10 toilet handles tested.

Experts did not test items like bedspreads because cloth dries out germs, making them far less likely to survive than they do on smooth or moist surfaces.

Several months later, 5 of the 15 participants were asked to return to the hotel and visit rooms where certain items had been deliberately contaminated with their own mucus, which had been frozen previously when they had their colds.

Because they had developed immunity to these germs, doctors could study how easily they picked them up without putting them at risk of getting sick again.

'We wipe everything down'
Each volunteer visited two rooms and their hands were tested afterward for viruses. Results were positive on 60 percent of contacts in rooms where mucus had dried for at least an hour, and on 33 percent of those in rooms where mucus had dried overnight.

The study was sponsored by Reckitt-Benckiser Inc., makers of Lysol, but did not test any products. Doctors with no ties to the company designed the study to lay the groundwork for future research on germs and ways to get rid of them.

Some in the hotel industry say they have strict policies on how to disinfect rooms between guests.

“We do wipe everything down, from the remote control to the telephone,” said Michelle Pike, corporate director of housekeeping for Hilton brand hotels, which has 1,900 hotels around the world. Most of them are independently operated but the chain does have rules for disinfection, she said.

Hilton, like many hotels, has taken steps to make common items easier to clean, like encasing phone books in plastic and replacing bedspreads with duvet covers than can be washed between each guest, she said.

And if germs are lingering on surfaces in hotel rooms, “you can be damn sure it’s more likely to happen at home,” Hendley said.

To wipe down home surfaces, doorknobs and light switches, “standard household cleaners will be adequate,” said Dr. Frederick Hayden, a University of Virginia infectious diseases specialist who had no role in this study but has consulted extensively with companies developing viral vaccines and treatments.

Dr. Stuart Levy, a Tufts University physician who heads the Alliance for Prudent Antibiotic Use, advocates lots of hand washing and not going overboard trying to de-bug your home.

“How clean do you need to be? You don’t go through with a blowtorch,” he said.

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United States Patent Office issued patent no. 7,851,517 to Lisa Holmes for all manner of antimicrobial plastic cards and holders.


“I came upon the problem during on a site visit to Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center in 2005,” said Lisa Holmes. She observed a caregiver bending over a veteran patient. This VA staff member touched the patient with her government ID Badge, who then turned and touched another patient with the same badge.


The patent holder worked on infection control issues as industry rep to the American Society of Healthcare Environmental Services (ASHES). She also worked on issues relating to credentialing for the American Logistics Association. Lastly working in non medical supplies, she was aware of the recent introduction of antimicrobial pens and keyboards.


In that moment, Lisa realized that the transfer of microbes, viruses and other sources of contamination via cards or like devices (e.g., credit cards, drivers' licenses, membership cards, hotel room keys, department store cards, employee badges, name badge holders and so forth), may have  been overlooked. Card manufacturing companies have focused on safeguarding the security of the data on the card, but not the card itself. That in fact, cross-contamination could be controlled and limited by using her new invention.


As a world traveler she observed that personal items are routinely handled by numerous individuals on a daily basis. Government, airports, hospitals, restaurants, retail stores, and security jobs can handle and be exposed to hundreds of cards per day… through her work in healthcare, and consumable products she understood there could be a solution and set about to solve this problem.



Interesting FAQs:

• Identity badges worn by hospital, government and other professions may be contaminated with pathogenic bacteria, which could be transmitted to patients, co-workers.
• bacteria, fungi, virus or other microbes can live on the surface of an ID or credit cardfor up to 6 hours after contact
• plastic cards can carry germs, and without precautions, you can become a host for flu and other bugs
• some of the hardiest germs can successfully reproduce on plastic surfaces for weeks
• employees are reluctant to clean or disinfect plastic identification cards for fear the cleaner or disinfectant will damage the card

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