Busy hotels with high occupancy levels have rooms that can be turned over within days and sometimes even a matter of hours as new guests begin their stay. However, even regular maintenance and cleaning can’t fully eliminate the germs, viruses, bacteria, and other potentially hazardous pollutants from surfaces and in the air of a small, confined guest room space.

Hotel phones can especially be a hotbed of germ activity. Even though seemingly everyone has a cell phone these days, hotel guests still do use their in-room phone to call the front desk or housekeeping. Hotel phones can have two to three times as much bacteria as other nearby surfaces, according to a Today investigation. “People touch them a lot, and they’re not surfaces that are cleaned by the maids,” said Dr. Luisa Ikner, a microbiologist at the University of Arizona Gerba Lab.

A study conducted by Travel Math, which analyzed bacteria samples from nine different hotels, found that hotel phones contain about 4,300 colony-forming units (CFU) of bacteria and fungus per square inch. Specifically rampant on hotel phones were gram-positive cocci (which can cause staph infections and strep) and bacillus spp (which are associated with various respiratory and gastrointestinal infections).

An Easy Way To Help Keep Guests and Staff Healthy

Vacationers and business travelers check in and out of hotels on a daily basis—and so do their germs. But there’s an easy way to help keep guests and housekeeping staff healthy — VTech hospitality phones manufactured with antibacterial plastic. VTech’s antibacterial hotel phones can help reduce the spread of the common cold and other bacteria-caused illnesses.

Studies show that 80 percent of all infections are spread through contact. That makes hotel environments prime targets for bacteria and infection — especially areas that are touched by multiple people. Guests and staff are in constant contact with innumerable surfaces: doorknobs, remote controls, pens, light switches, clock radios, telephones and so much more. No matter how efficient the housekeeping team is, it’s difficult to eradicate all the germs that yesterday’s guests left behind. With VTech antibacterial hotel phones, everyone has an added layer of protection — and peace of mind.

An Extra Layer of Protection and Peace of Mind With VTech

What does antibacterial plastic really mean? In VTech’s case, it means that they’ve added Zeomic^®, an inorganic antibacterial agent to the plastic used in their hotel phones. Zeomic^® uses silver and other ions to prevent the growth and migration of bacteria, mold and fungus. Via nanotechnology, the ions are infused into the plastic, creating a stable agent that maintains its effectiveness throughout the life of the phones.

In the USA, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) have approved the use of this technology in a variety of products, including washing machines, food packaging, and toys. Proven to protect against E. coli and Staphylococcus, it’s safe and will not irritate skin.

VTech Hospitality leverages 25 years of experience and expertise in consumer telephony to develop innovative communication solutions customized specifically for hotels, resorts and conference centers. VTech’s scalable hotel phone systems can be optimized for a variety of different business models, property configurations and hotel guest needs.

To learn more about VTech hospitality phone solutions available from EarthBend Distribution, please visit www.earthbenddistribution.com/line-card/vtech-hospitality-phones/.