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DIRECTORY OF SINGAPORE PROCESS & CHEMICALS INDUSTRIES 2021/2022
ICE BIOTECH’S COVID-19 PREVENTION STRATEGIES
As the nation gradually transitioned to Phase 3 safe re-opening, ASPRI partnered with iCE BioTech Pte Ltd to organise a webinar on 19 November 2020 to inform members of products they could use to keep their workplace safe as more staff returned to work.
Guest speaker, Mr Robin Lim, Director (Sale & Marketing) of iCE BioTech Pte Ltd, opened the webinar with an overview of the COVID-19 virus - the components that made up the virus, the way it reproduces and how it is being transmitted- via respiratory droplets through close contact, and indirect contact via contaminated surfaces.
The solutions offered by iCE BioTech are meant to reduce the number of possible contact points in the office and encourage social distancing in the workplace. Three products were highlighted in the webinar:
1. Facial Biometric Thermometer
2. GERMAGICTM Thyme Germicidal Coating
3. GERMAGICTM Air Disinfection
Stick-On Filter
The Facial Biometric Thermometer resolves
the problems facing companies which use a fingerprint scanner or a card reader to facilitate workplace entry, by eliminating the possibility of contact. Equipped with a camera and a temperature sensor, the thermometer can recognise the face of an employee and measure his temperature. Once recognised, the system will allow the employee to enter and even log in the attendance via SafeEntry. The information is then stored in the Cloud for easy retrieval for future reference.
Next, Mr Lim introduced the GERMAGICTM Thyme Germicidal Coating, an antiviral coating that acts as a disinfectant to kill any active virus on coated surfaces. Approved and accredited by international health agencies, GERMAGICTM Thyme Germicidal Coating was developed by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in collaboration with Professor Zhong Nan-Shan of Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases (GZIRD) and Dr Hidekazu Nishimura of Sendai Medical Center to combat the SARS virus in 2003. Unlike other contact-killing disinfectants which lose their effectiveness fairly quickly, GERMAGICTM Thyme Germicidal Coating stays on a surface for 90 days. To ensure continued effectiveness, the surfaces have to be re-coated.
Lastly, Mr Lim presented the GERMAGICTM Air Disinfection Stick-On Filter, a non-toxic and odourless adhesive filter meant to be pasted on grills of air conditioners to filter out any virus particles lingering in the air.
In view of the new partnership between iCE BioTech and the Association, ASPRI members enjoy a 15% discount for any of the three solutions.
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