With all the cells on the underside, doesn’t this create infection control issues?
While it is appropriate to be concerned with the surface area that is potentially exposed to pathogens, infection control issues relating to SmartCells have been put to bed for some time. Here are some responses: 1. As you can imagine, this is a consideration for every one of our clients, so it is always one of the first items of discussion. Every infection control team that has evaluated the SmartCells product has given it the green light, so we are not breaking any new ground with this conversation. Infection control personnel DO allow SmartCells mats and flooring into their hospitals. 2. While the structure of the SmartCells surfaces present potential for exposure, the material itself is non-porous and is incapable of absorbing liquid, unlike typical foam or sponge based products that are made of cellular structures (like bubble-bath) that contain many, many more times the structural surface area for contamination than SmartCells, especially once they rupture (which is a certainty)
