<div dir="ltr"><div>Definitely do your own research before taking up this strategy, but I had a thought and did 45 seconds of Googling: UV light</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202003/04/WS5e5ee878a31012821727c0f4.html">https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202003/04/WS5e5ee878a31012821727c0f4.html</a><br></div><div>The link suggests that UV light does kill the novel coronavirus.</div><div><br></div><div>It could be trivial to design a smallish box in which touchscreen devices might be placed for safe UV disinfection. You would need to research if UV light would negatively affect electronic devices, though. I have not made time to do this research myself; it was just a passing thought I decided to toss out there in case someone wants to follow up.</div><div><br></div><div>Chad</div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>______________________________<br><b>Chad Neeper</b><br><font size="1">Senior Systems Engineer</font><br><br><b>Level 9 Networks</b><br><font size="1">740-548-8070 (voice)<br>866-214-6607 (fax)</font><br><br><font size="1"><i>Full IT/Computer consulting services -- Specialized in public libraries</i></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 5:00 PM Scott Harmon via OPLINTECH <<a href="mailto:oplintech@lists.oplin.org">oplintech@lists.oplin.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">We are looking into disinfecting our touch screen devices, including tablets and TV’s. The screen cleaner currently used does not kills germs. Has anyone found a solution that does not degrade the touch screen
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