LEO: Protecting Your Customers

Nearly 80% of all illness-causing germs are spread by human hands and a single bacteria can replicate into 16 million copies in 8 hours*.  Thus, touching a contaminated surface can quickly turn into a life-threatening illness. Stores and public places have taken additional safety precautions recently to decrease the spread of touchpoint contamination. But, one of the most overlooked surfaces, that are not cleaned nearly enough, that spread bacteria and virus causing illnesses, are Point of Sale Terminals.

UV LIGHT AND FAR-UVC LIGHT

Ultraviolet light is currently used in everyday life to sanitize HVAC systems, water, and mass public transportation. It’s used in hospitals for sanitizing patient rooms, operating rooms, and for PPE disinfection. UV light is already all around us, but until recent discoveries, people have been unable to expose themselves to it because dangerous forms of UV Light can cause sunburns, skin cancer, keratosis, wrinkles, leathery skin, and other disorders. 

Recent discoveries have proven that there is a particular wavelength of UV Light that can kill surface bacteria but is safe for human exposure. This wavelength is called far-UVC Light and it uses only the short wavelengths of the ultraviolet spectrum. Far-UVC Light is able to penetrate and destroy pathogens but it does not have the strength to penetrate skin cells and cause harmful effects to humans.

NEW TECHNOLOGY TO STOP THE SPREAD OF DISEASES

We have developed a new technology that uses UV Light to sanitize POS Terminals for your customers, that not only demonstrates care and concern but social and corporate responsibility.

LEO projects Ultra-Violet light at the 222nm wavelength which has proven to be safe for people, but harmful to germs.  The energy at this wavelength can disinfect germs within seconds, eliminating bacteria, viruses, molds, and fungus from the keypad between every transaction.

After a few seconds, the terminal is clean and safe to use.  LEO avoids having to use dangerous chemicals or stop your checkout process to disinfect.  A cycle time of 15 - 30 seconds is all that is needed.

This is the next big step in the future of preventing the spread of deadly diseases like COVID-19.

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*cdc.gov