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Commercial restroom products can now support quarantined facilities , extract relevant technical data remotely , and even help facilities when our own technical support personnel are working remotely . Not bad for something as simple as a retrofit kit .
Eventually , restrooms will be entirely touch-free , from the time you enter to the time you exit . For now , restrooms are effectively working to cut down on those “ high-touch ” surfaces that make guests uncomfortable and create a space where people feel at ease as they begin to repopulate commercial venues in 2021 and beyond .
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Editor ’ s comment : We thank Plumbing & Mechanical Journal for granting permission to reproduce this article , as it reinforces our view that such technology has become essential and not a luxury . Credit to the organisations who have , without pressure or legal force , already applied touchless technology . We trust the NRCS who are still struggling to get taps and mixers generally onto their worksheet will appreciate the urgent need to do so now and include touchless from a health point of view . Recently released research from the US states that 84 % of Americans want touchless . 70 % are more likely to return to a business that has touchless . 56 % have a negative impression of a business that does not have touchless .
About the author : Andrew Warnes is Sloan ’ s technical training manager and has been at the forefront of water technology standards for nearly 20 years . Warnes has previously lent his expertise to support the World Health Organisation while also working as part of the negotiations for microbiological treatment standards between the US and the European Union . Sloan is at the forefront of sensor-operated restroom innovation and debuted the first hands-free sensor faucet in 1974 .
For a further article on touch free , visit : https :// digitaledition . pmmag . com / may-2021 / feature-3 /? oly _ enc _ id = 7677F7241756E7B
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