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As public spaces begin to reopen nationwide, a local hand sanitizer manufacturer is working hard to ensure those spaces can do so — safely.
DnR LLC Sarasota and VeriDetx have been working together on the product, a walk-through disinfectant booth, for four years. VeriDetx is the official maker of the booth and Sentinel 30-day disinfectant nanotechnology hard surface spray. The Newport Beach, California-based company has been working alongside DnR, which produces in2itiv hand sanitizer and other disinfecting products.
Resembling a security booth, the disinfectant booth takes the person’s temperature, checks that they’re wearing a mask and through eye recognition verifies they’re being sanitized. (Settings can be adjusted and turned off if unneeded.)
At the end of the booth, each person receives seven sprays of disinfectant that provides four to eight hours of protection. It’s a dry mist that quickly dissolves. The idea is that employers can use this technology as well as stadiums, hotels, churches, schools and cruise lines to give an extra layer of assurance while returning to capacity.
DnR CEO Charles Murray tells Coffee Talk that the booth can be used in conjunction with the Sentinel 30-day disinfectant to ensure extra safety. With the spray’s nanotechnology, even if someone coughs or sneezes, the pathogens are killed upon impact on hard surfaces. Murray, a Business Observer Top Entrepreneur in 2020 for a variety of packaging and consumer goods firms he oversees, says the booth was originally going to be produced to ensure safety at meat plants. Then COVID-19 hit and the company changed routes to ensure safety from most diseases, including COVID-19 and measles.
“We believe the Sentinel walk-through disinfectant booth can play a critical role in helping public areas reopen and stay open with confidence,” Murray says in a release. “There is significant data that shows that the Sentinel walk-through booth used in any facility helps eliminate germs that can cause illness and increases confidence and peace of mind for stadium visitors, hotel guests and school children.”
The booth has received approval from the FDA and EPA. Murray says it takes about six seconds for the booth to take a temperature, perform a mask check, perform the eye recognition and spray each person.
Currently, there is one booth operating in a Las Vegas hotel. The employer is testing it with the staff before using it for guests. The booth has been active for almost 14 days, and Murray expects the property to test it for another month. If no one gets infected with a disease during that time, then the hotel will open it up for guest use.
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