How Athletic Facilities Can Implement UV Disinfectant Lights
Athletic facilities require continuous disinfection to stay safe, as they often have a high influx of athletes, training personnel, and spectators. You can protect your team, customers or visitors from germs by installing a UV disinfecting light. Violet Defense provides effective UV light solutions that can enhance your facility's safety by eliminating up to 99.9% of pathogens.
COMMON PATHOGENS IN ATHLETIC FACILITIES
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most prevalent pathogens in athletic facilities. The bacteria can spread from direct contact with an infected person's open wound or from sharing personal items like towels or razors that have come into contact with an infected person's skin. There's a high risk of MRSA spread in athletic facilities because people often share equipment. The risk is even higher for athletes who participate in contact sports as they may inadvertently have skin-to-skin contact with infected people.
While mild cases of MRSA aren't considered dangerous, they may force some affected parties to miss out on practice sessions, gym time, and games as they recover. MRSA can also progress into pneumonia or sepsis if left untreated, risking the lives of your facility's users. Athletic facility managers also need to protect facility users from COVID-19. This is still a present threat despite activities returning to normal. COVID-19 spread in your facility can mean fewer workout sessions since the illness can prevent athletes from performing optimally.
Violet Defense can minimize the risk presented by these pathogens by offering tried-and-tested UV disinfecting solutions. Our products harness the power of UV-A, UV-B, and UV-C wavelengths. UV-A can cause the oxidation of proteins and lipids, leading to cell death; UV-B can reduce the number of bacteria found on a surface; and UV-C can eliminate fungi, viruses, and mold. Together, these wavelengths create a powerful disinfectant technology that can remove up to 99.9% of germs by targeting and destroying their DNA and RNA.
Implementing UV Disinfecting Lights in Your Facility
Your role as an athletic facility director or manager is to enhance safety for all your visitors. Doing so is relatively straightforward with Violet Defense. Here's what you can do:
Set Up a Consultation With a Specialist
You need to consult a UV disinfectant specialist to potentially help your project to be more successful. Our specialists can analyze your sanitation goals, study your facility's layout, and assess existing protocols to help determine the ideal disinfecting solution. You'll need to provide details on your facility's size and the most used rooms and equipment to help our specialists create a custom plan.
Review Your Customized Plan
Our UV disinfectant specialists will present a plan detailing your facility's most suitable installation layout and product selections. They may recommend a permanent or mobile solution, depending on your goals. A permanent installation can be ideal if you want automatic disinfection, whereas a mobile solution may be suitable if you want to move your device around to reach various spaces. Our core technology is pulsed Xenon UV light, which eliminates up to 99.9% of E. coli, MRSA, SARS-COV-2, Salmonella, and Norovirus. This technology is present in our core products — the Vantage and Flash series.
The Vantage series is a permanent sanitization solution that can be installed in your facility's ceiling. It's an automatic solution, so you can set your device to disinfect the facility when it's unoccupied. This series contains motion sensor technology that allows it to detect movement and stop disinfection if a room is occupied.
The Flash series is ideal for facility managers looking for a flexible solution. You can move the disinfecting lights around your facility, paying attention to small spaces and hard-to-reach areas. The Flash series can disinfect up to 300 square feet per cycle, helping to save you time. Its key features include a height-adjustable tripod and motion sensor technology. This allows it to reach the highest and lowest spaces and only operate when a room is unoccupied.
Installation and Support
Clients' satisfaction and peace of mind are at the core of our operations. We liaise with installation professionals to confirm our products are functional and installed properly. Our specialists can create an installation plan with your electrician if you choose the Vantage series. We can add a remote switch to your solution to allow you to activate disinfection on demand. After installation, our specialists can offer training if you're unfamiliar with your chosen system to make the operation easier.
PROTECT YOUR ATHLETIC FACILITY
Athletic facilities like training gyms, yoga studios, and school gymnasiums can be hubs for germ spread if not well disinfected. You can install a UV disinfecting light to remove pathogens like MRSA and COVID-19, as they can be prevalent in these facilities. Find a UV disinfection specialist to guide you through the implementation process to get the most out of your UV lights.
Violet Defense can help protect your athletes and facility visitors by offering some of the best disinfecting solutions in the market. Our products can eliminate up to 99.9% of pathogens, reducing the risk of germ spread within your facility. Contact our sales specialists to learn how we can keep your athletic facility safe.