KwickScreen – a More Hygienic Healthcare Space Divider
Curtains have long been the default space-divider in hospitals and many other healthcare facilities. But they are not changed often and studies have shown that 90% of curtains in hospitals are contaminated with pathogens within a week of installation. Twelve years before SAARS COVID-19 so dramatically showed us the need for hygienic space dividers, KwickScreen founder, Michael Korn, started looking for a way to address the problems of hospital-borne infections. He received his engineering degree from Cambridge University, and then a masters from the Royal College of Art where his interest in infection control started. Today he is the Chief Innovation Officer at the UK-based KwickScreen and leads the R&D team. From the outset the goal was to design a solution that would provide a physical barrier, engineered to have a single touch-point and surfaces that are smooth, non-porous and can be easily cleaned after every use. The resulting product …
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