Leisure and hospitality environments are bustling spaces with a constant flow of patrons, whether they are visiting a bar, clubhouse, or staying in hotel rooms, they are certainly busy places.
It was highlighted in 2020, and the years that followed, the ease with which bacteria and viruses can spread in places frequented by diverse groups of people from around the world.
Within leisure and hospitality settings maintaining a clean, fresh and healthy environment is very much at the top of the agenda. Ensuring that fabrics are regularly washed and cleaned and tables and surfaces are frequently wiped and cleansed are part of the daily routine, but wouldn’t you feel even more confident in the cleanliness of your internal environment if you knew the floors were also helping to combat the spread of infection?
As children, we often spend a lot of time sitting and playing on the floor, but as adults, we come into contact with carpets, especially with our hands, less frequently. However, have you ever considered the positive impact a carpet could have if it were able to reduce or even eliminate airborne bacteria and viruses?
Firstly let’s think of the journey an airborne microorganism takes. An individual within a room coughs or sneezes emitting droplets, to be exact a cough produces approximately 3,000 droplets, whereas a sneeze releases an estimated 40,0001. These droplets then circulate within the air and eventually make their way onto surfaces and the floor.
Some harmful bacteria and viruses held within these droplets can multiply rapidly and survive on surfaces for extended periods. Consequently, anyone who comes into contact with these contaminated surfaces could potentially become infected.
So, if a harmful droplet fell on a carpet treated with a highly effective and permanent antimicrobial what are the chances of those microorganisms becoming airborne again or contaminating another individual? According to research, the chance would be very slim indeed.
Many of the carpets that danfloor manufacturers are protected with an innovative nano-technology called BI-OME, which is a permanent antimicrobial treatment that achieves a 4 log reduction of 99.99% against a plethora of bacteria and viruses. Therefore when a microorganism comes into contact with the carpet fibres, the outer membrane of the cell is punctured, a little like a sword, rendering it inactive.
Additionally, carpets contain millions of tiny fibres that function like a filter, trapping and holding droplets and particles until they are cleaned or vacuumed away. In contrast, hard surfaces like vinyl allow particles to settle on top, where they can quickly become airborne again, re-enter circulation, and be easily inhaled or settle onto another surface.
Therefore if you wish to protect your leisure or hospitality setting from the floor up check out danfloor’s product range to see whether we have a range that not only satisfies your design flair but also ticks the box for helping to create a clean and healthy environment.