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TECHNOLOGY TALK
AUTHOR Rebecca Kanable
Integrated Sink
Puts Hand Hygiene
Entirely within Reach
AER-DEC brings a touch-free soap dispenser,
water faucet and dryer together on one deck.
THE AER-DEC Integrated Sink by Sloan was introduced
in 2015 as the future of high-end, sustainable
restroom design. Soap, rinse, dry - the three acts of
handwashing - without taking any steps.
Like the handwashing process
Dryers, and Showerheads, said,
itself, the look is clean with no
soap dispensers or hand dryers on
the walls. The Sloan Touch-Free
Soap Dispenser, BASYS SensorActivated
Faucet and Sloan HighSpeed
HandDryer are all located
on the sink deck. Designed to work
together with the faucet and dryer
is the AirBasin.
Because the entire handwash
process is in one spot, Morgan Kish,
Sloan Product Line Manager for
Faucets, Soap Dispensers, Hand
" You don't have to be standing in
line with your hands dripping. " She
said one of the highest liabilities for
airports is slips and falls in the bathroom.
Reducing the water on the
floor helps reduce that liability and
improves the user experience.
According to Kish, one of the
reasons airports like the AER-DEC
is that they can customize the sink.
The AirBasin can be customized
according to desired size, configuration,
mounting and color.
" We can create individual basins,
rather than one continuous open
trough so everybody kind of gets their
own personal space and has that little
bit of counter on each side to set their
things down, " Kish said.
Based on user feedback, Sloan has
made several updates to the AERDEC.
One of them was making the
enclosure underneath the sink more
accessible.
While maintenance and cleaning
staff should have quick and easy access,
Kish said, " You don't want it to look
like, if you just pull this open, you get
access to everything. "
Although exterior locks are available
as an option, she said " we really
wanted to avoid doing that as our
standard. We do offer it as an option
for areas where vandalism is more
prevalent. "
When locks have keys, they tend to
get misplaced or taken when someone
leaves for a new job, she said. Then
no one has access to the locked area
under the sink.
Style options include stainless steel
and a laminated cabinet-style with a
more " homey feel. " And, without
handles, it doesn't look like the door
is easy to open.
Soap refills also come in different
options. One is an entirely encapsulated,
closed bottle.
" That's really important to us - an
airless fluid transfer from the soap
bottle through the dispenser, all the
way out and onto the user's hands, "
Kish said. " When there is a reservoir
that you have to refill, that can be
a problem because that reservoir - if
something gets into it - whether that
The fully customizable AER-DEC, which
includes a touch-free soap dispenser,
faucet, hand dryer and sink basin in one,
improves hand hygiene and eliminates
drippings on wet floors for a safer, cleaner
environment.
SLOAN
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