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The CleanCord[TM] plastic pull cord, available from Crest Healthcare Supply, can be easily and completely disinfected Disinfected
Decreased the number of microorganisms on or in an object.

Mentioned in: Isolation
 to keep residents and staff safe from transmissible transmissible /trans·mis·si·ble/ (trans-mis´i-b'l) capable of being transmitted.

trans·mis·si·ble
adj.
Capable of being conveyed from one person to another.
 diseases. Unlike nylon cords, CleanCord won't soak up bodily fluids or other liquids that can transmit infections to others.

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CleanCord is made of durable PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride.
PVC
 in full polyvinyl chloride

Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide.
 material that is easy to wipe down with surface disinfectants, and its 1.82 mm width is small enough to fit most stations. CleanCord is available in white or red to provide more contrast against walls. The weighted red pendant pendant
 or pendent

In architecture, a sculpted ornament suspended from a vault or ceiling, especially an elongated boss (carved keystone) at the junction of the intersecting ribs of the fan vaulting associated with the English Perpendicular style.
 is easy to see and grasp.

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Publication:Nursing Homes
Date:Jun 1, 2007
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