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The hand-surface-hand transfer of viruses and bacteria was here before Coronavirus (SARS CoV-2) and will be long after.

Hand-surface-hand transfer didn’t start with Sars CoV-2, nor will it end with it! The fundamental role of hand-surface-hand transfer has also come to into sharp focus, with varying reports that SARS CoV-2 can last from a few hours to days on hard surfaces, which has led the public to be more conscious about what they…

Bacteria are easily transferred on shared keyboards

Liquid Guard® Permanent anti-bac: “Prevention over cure” in the commercial environment.

In recent years there has been a steep increase in the number of building operators offering ‘rent a desk’ or shared office working facilities. These trends build on the traditional system of one floor, one company occupancy, but what links these evolving styles of use in commercial space is the communal areas that continue to…

Olive oil on quartz surface

The Nano-Science Behind Permanent Stain Protection

Specialist protective coatings manufacturer Signo-Nanocare UK may not spring to mind as a major player within the tile and stone protection market. Ranked in the world’s top ten nano-coating developers and producers Signo-Nanocare UK focus on supplying hi-spec’ permanent bond, easy clean solutions to stone and tile manufacturers. They provide the technology behind “life-time” stain…

Cleaning with Liquid Guard Nano coating

Nano coatings: A new front-line weapon in the war against “Influenza A” & transient microorganisms around care homes.

The optimisation of infection control is high on the agenda of all involved in health care; by achieving it, the health and wellbeing of patients as well as staff and visitors is positively affected. However, maintaining bacterial and viral free surfaces is challenging, as every human touch transfers microorganisms to and from surfaces to the…