In January 2020, when news of the novel coronavirus in China began to circulate across the globe, the design and manufacture of touchless access devices was already well underway in the United States and elsewhere. In reality, they had already been engineered mostly for healthcare related facilities, such as hospitals, clinics, doctor’s offices, and nursing homes.
“Touchless applications were beginning to gain in popularity prior to the pandemic, but the pandemic increased demand and organizations now consider it a priority rather than a nice-to-have future upgrade,” says Chris Randall, director of sales, U.S. AMAG Technology, Hawthorne, Calif.