This doctor’s office has a copper doormat for disinfecting

    by augburto

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    1. Thank god, imagine if people’s shoe soles had microbes on it and were spread onto the floor! Hopefully they have a crystal pyramid for cleansing hands as well.

    2. I’m expecting it to be like completely copper colored…what am I missing? Does it have copper woven into it?

    3. I’d have concerns if my doctor believed that this was doing anything to help keep the office clean.

    4. Might want to consider asking your doctor about the “disinfecting floor mat” and if they don’t laugh it up consider finding a new doctor..

    5. Copper works against microbes, but not like that… If grubby hands touch a brass doorhandle, the doorhandle will be less grubby the next morning

    6. I wonder if the hall carpet causes static buildup with most people’s shoes, and the copper mat dissipates the charge so people don’t get a shock when touching the door handle?

      “Disinfecting doormat” seems ridiculous – if that was a real thing we’d see them in hospitals and most public buildings.

    7. So apparently quite a few folks don’t believe this works. I’ll be honest idk if it really does either (i.e. if you had a poop stain on your shoe its not like that poop is now disinfected or whatever).

      But I was able to look up the mat based on the bottom right tag it has. I don’t want this to seem like an ad so here’s a copy-paste of what is claimed. Do with this what you will

      >Based on PMRA Registration, [REDACTED] can be marketed with the following public health claims: 

      >Laboratory testing has shown that when cleaned regularly, this surface:

      >•  Continuously reduces bacterial contamination, achieving 99.9% reduction within two hours of exposure, when cleaned regularly.

      >•  Kills greater than 99.9% of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria within two hours of exposure.

      >•  Delivers continuous and ongoing antibacterial action, remaining effective in killing greater than 99.9% of bacteria within two hours.

      >•  Kills greater than 99.9% of bacteria  within two hours, and continues to kill more than 99% of bacteria even after repeated contamination.

      >•  Helps inhibit the buildup and growth of bacteria within two hours of exposure between routine cleaning and sanitizing steps.

      >**Common Bacteria and Effect**s

      >E. coli O157:H7, a food-borne pathogen that has been associated with large-scale food recalls

      >Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), one of the most virulent strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria* and a common culprit of hospital- and community-acquired infections

      >Staphylococcus aureus, the most common of all bacterial staphylococcus (i.e. staph) infections that can cause life-threatening diseases, including pneumonia and meningitis

      >Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis (VRE), an antibiotic-resistant organism responsible for 4% of all HAIs

      >Enterobacter aerogenes, a pathogenic bacterium commonly found in hospitals that causes opportunistic skin infections and impacts other body tissues

      >Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterium that infects the pulmonary tracts, urinary tracts, blood and skin of immunocompromised individuals

    8. Aside from the other comments, if it’s a door mat, why is it placed against a wall in front of a chair? Why is everything placed so oddly?? Why is that chair there??

    9. You sure it ain’t a chiropractor’s or homeopaths office? Because a real doctor would know it takes many hours for coppers antimicrobial properties to work, and a 5 second foot mat would be utterly useless. Not to mention that one is filthy, and more likely to spread even more microbes than prevent any.

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