What You Need to Know About Contactless Pest Control and Hygiene Solutions

Digitalisation and going contactless in the daily lifestyle has increasingly become a norm in Singapore, including transactions, conferences and even pest control and hygiene services. To embrace the need for social distancing during this COVID-19 pandemic, Rentokil Initial Singapore has designed a series of contactless pest control and hygiene innovations to protect the health and safety of your family and employees. This is especially so as we start to prep for more opening, activities, engagement and interaction for Phase 3. There is a need to step up the protection the safety standards of your employees and customers, and creating a safer and sanitised environment.

“It is essential to optimise standards of pest control and hygiene with cutting-edge technology and digitisation, in order to deliver the Rentokil Initial’s commitment of protecting people and enhancing lives.” said Mr Paul Hellyer, Managing Director, Rentokil Initial Singapore.

Switching to contactless pest control

What is contactless pest control all about?

As we evolve into the Internet of Things (IOT) and digitalising processes, Rentokil Initial has designed the contactless pest control solutions. In order to embrace social distancing and limiting interactions, it helps to control pest services remotely. This means, deploying innovative devices at the premises to monitor, lure, trap and control pests effectively with minimal or no physical interaction with a specialist. In summary, it is switching from conventional methods to managing your pest infestation digitally.

Install mosquito trap as a remote mosquito control

Mosquitoes is a concern among residents, besides the current coronavirus that we are dealing with. With the sharp rise in dengue cases in Singapore, mosquito prevention is essential to protect yourself from contracting dengue fever. The In2care mosquito trap is placed outdoors at mosquitoes hot spots, and hence limits indoor interactions. They are service every month and thus, stretching the frequency of visits at your premise. In addition, the active ingredient to infect other mosquitoes are spread in a domino effect across other mosquito breeding sites. This means, preventing mosquitoes from developing into an adult, while preventing the transmission of diseases. The key feature of this eco-friendly trap is able to control mosquitoes at all life stages, including the larvae and adult mosquitoes.

Monitor and control your rodent control remotely

It is challenging to deal with rats and mice population in Singapore given their reproduction capability. Firstly, urbanisation changes and lifestyle trends have heightened the control challenges. Secondly, bait shyness makes luring them more difficult. Lastly, their superior hiding nature and intelligence makes them a lot more difficult to detect and eliminate.

Conventional rat control methods require regular visits to the premises to inspect and monitor the rat infestation situation and shift baiting stations around. Especially for sensitive periods during the COVID-19 and Phase 3 opening, this potentially places us at risk of cross contamination.

The Rentokil Digital Rodent Control eliminates unnecessary physical interaction and attendance at your premise. It uses sensing, connected technology to monitor rat activities through a command centre, and triggers a service when necessary. In addition, it is able to detect their movements late at night or at blind spots where visible inspection is impossible.

Check service history and pest recommendations digitally

Some of the documentation risks include missing information, security, confidentiality lapse and slow retrieval of information. With technology and digitalisation in place, critical information is securely stored online, 24/7. Such as the myRentokil portal, it houses essential and useful information including service visits, details and history, recommendations, pest trend, safety data sheets and automated report generation.

You may make payments conveniently online

With the many online payment options, payments need not rely on conventional methods of cash on delivery or cheque issuance. This also means reducing cross contamination through contact surfaces. Rentokil Initial offer options such as online payment and mobile pay for ease of transaction and a way to embrace corporate social responsibility by reducing paper usage.
 

Creating a safe washroom and workplace environment

Washrooms harbour pathogens and increases cross contamination

Particularly in a cubicle with multiple touch points, that contains various bacteria and viruses through the sneeze effect, minimising contact and sanitising hands thoroughly is essential. For example, female users can protect themselves further with non-touch feminine hygiene unit. Instead of disposing the sanitary napkins by using bare hands to open the lid, sensing technology is equipped in the Initial Feminine Hygiene unit. This means, you simply need to wave at the sensor, wait for the lid to open, drop in your napkin and let the lid close automatically.

Optimise workplace safety and hygiene standards

Hand hygiene is an essential safety checklist by ensuring we wash and sanitise our hands adequately and diligently. Cross contamination takes place easily and places us at risk of contracting diseases without proper hygiene. Enhance your users’ protection with non-touch hand soap dispensers and sanitisers in order to limit further interactions and surface contacts.

Disinfect and sanitise your workspace regularly

Bacteria and viruses can remain on surfaces and potentially transfer to ourselves through interactions and engagement. Without adopting proper and optimal personal hygiene, we can fall sick with various diseases, including the Coronavirus. The Rentokil Surface Shield treatment is a quality disinfection misting treatment that effectively removes 99.99% of pathogen while able to withstand regular cleaning regime for up to 30 days. More importantly, it is water-based, safe and leaves no traces of stains or odour after the misting treatment.

Improve air quality by eliminating harmful pathogens

It is not just the pandemic event like the coronavirus where we face air quality threats with bacteria and viruses lingering in the air. There are air pollutants and particles we breathe in everyday including volatile organic compounds (VOC) and chemical solvent; we are come into contact, particulate matter including sulphate, nitrates, ammonia, and black carbon that emit from industrial activities and vehicles. This is not forgetting the pathogens particularly among individuals contracting respiratory conditions. Installing an air purification such as the Initial Hygiene InspireAir 72 with quality HEPA 13 filtration with carbon filter helps to improve air quality. It also dispenses clean air sanitisers into the air, thus creating a healthier and safer environment, while monitoring the quality of your air condition including PM 2.5

Door handles are amongst commonly touched surface

Can you recall the number of contact and interaction with a door handle? From the minute, you enter into a building or to a unit, or transiting through multiple meeting and function rooms, and using a washroom where there are cubicle door handles as well, we increased our cross contamination risks by touching on these contaminated surfaces. While washing our hands regularly or sanitising diligent as we move around is helpful, there are additional protecting measures you can provide at the facility such as the Hygienic Touch that contains antibacterial agents such as the silver ions to eliminate 99.99% of pathogens. There is a colour changing capsule indicator to determine if there is a need to replace the door handle for optimal protection and efficacy.

Disinfect your footwear soles before entrance

The importance of hygiene does not stop at by touch and inhalation through the air. It extends all the way to the steps you made with your footwear. Yes, shoes are one source of harbourage among particles, germs, dirt, grime and bacteria. In instances where we visit a poor hygiene and sanitation environment, compromised cleanliness of the floor or puddles of dirty water and drain condition, we can contaminate the indoors through our steps.

There are sanitisation solutions to increase the hygiene and safety standards of your users and visitors with the Microshield Footbath Mat where the specially designed mats can hold as much as 65 litres of disinfectant that sanitises up to 500 times daily over a three weeks period. To ensure safety and minimise slips and falls, the mats are made of Superstyrene and Phoenix Fiber base to reduce mats movements. In addition, a hygiene specialist applies the mats with the fungicide and disinfectant regularly for constant residual effect.

Protect yourselves with contactless and remote solutions

The concept of contactless and digitalisation helps to limit gatherings, physical interactions and cross-contaminating activities. It enhances the health and safety of your family and employees while optimises the efficiency and efficacy in pest management and hygiene. In addition, it heightens the detection accuracy and control measures. More importantly, to promote ease and convenience in a customer journey especially during this difficult times.  

“Pest management and hygiene practices are on the forefront today especially with the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Protecting our community against pest and microorganism will be utmost importance. Combining IOT with the latest pest and hygiene knowledge; Rentokil Initial’s many contactless solutions allow our customers to protect their health, homes and enhance their standard of living.” Dr. Su Yee Lim, Key Account and Technical Director, Rentokil Initial Singapore.
 

Call Rentokil Initial Singapore at +65 6347 8138 for a contactless and remote pest control and hygiene solutions today.