<div dir="ltr">Yuck. Hate those things. I bought one for myself years ago, used it for 30 seconds, and promptly threw it away. But I understand the reason for considering them now. Ultimately, unless you're considering them to be disposable between patrons, they're no better than gloves: They might make you feel better, but you still have to sanitize them exactly like you would have to do if they weren't there. The only upshot is that you would have the ability to throw them away periodically, which you probably shouldn't do with real keyboards or hands. But stressed again: You <u>still</u> have to sanitize them like you would the things they're protecting.<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>To Brad's comment about UVC: UVx can degrade plastics, so that might be a downside. However, UVC is common in hospitals and being medical grade keyboards, your specific ones might be just fine. Even if they do end up degrading the plastic used in keyboards/mice, I'm guessing it's a reasonably slow deterioration and honestly probably personally wouldn't care too much. But it might be something to be aware of and realize that if you UVC your keyboards/mice, you might have to replace them at some point maybe sooner than you may have otherwise. (Again...I'd probably still UVC them anyway.)</div><div><br></div><div>2 cents,</div><div>Chad</div><div><br></div><div>______________________________<br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">OPLINTECH & OPLINLIST policy:</b></div></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div><i><font color="#ff0000">I am no longer responding off-list to topical replies sent only/directly to me.</font></i></div></div><div><div><div><div><font color="#ff0000"><i>Libraries have a wonderfully amazing reputation for openness and sharing, a concept I support and encourage. </i><i>Your thoughts are useful and valuable. As always, I beg you to share them publicly so that other libraries can benefit from them and participate in a conversation</i><i>.</i></font></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><b><div><b><br></b></div>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><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 10:34 AM Phil Shirley 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>I have been asked to buy covers for the keyboards on our public
computers, in order to make the keyboards easier to sanitize
between patrons. I'm planning on trying a few different ones I've
found on Amazon and Newegg, but I'd be very interested to know
about anybody's experience with these.</p>
<p>Phil<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>Phil Shirley</b><br>
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<b>Cuyahoga Falls Library</b> <br>
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