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Edmonton Transit opens door to University of Alberta Health Accelerator startup’s germ-killing innovation
Edmonton transit users are part of a six-month pilot project assessing a new and surprisingly simple method of killing dangerous bacteria on touch surfaces door push plates made of compressed salt.
The pilot project, conducted by Edmonton biotechnology startup Outbreaker Solutions, involves compressing sodium chloride (the chemical name for salt) into moulds to form hard, smooth, ceramic-like materials. This compressed sodium chloride (CSC) can be used on high-touch surfaces such as door handles, handrails, hospital beds, bus railings and taps. In the transit test project, CSC push plates will be installed outside doors in 10 LRT stations, with the first already mounted by the doors inside the Bay/Enterprise Square station in downtown Edmonton.
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An Edmonton-based biotechnology company is offering its new door-opening surface to reduce the spread of germs in 10 city transit facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Outbreaker Solutions is installing yellow push-plates on swing doors at select LRT stations and transit centres with the power to kill 99.9 per cent of bacteria in two minutes. The plate, formally called antimicrobial compressed sodium chloride, consists of regular table salt that is compressed into a ceramic tile shape so it’s safe to touch.
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