REHAU health.protect Oberflächen und Kantenbänder

REHAU health.protect surfaces & edgebands – because contact is part of life.

We touch thousands of objects every day of our lives. Whether it is a mobile phone, keyboard, tool or steering wheel – interaction forms an integral part of our day-to-day life including in critical environments such as the healthcare, catering industry or public sector. We touch surfaces that have also been used by other people more than 3 x per hour and we also touch our face as often during the same time. The problem: we absorb 30 - 50 % of those organisms, which have been located on the surface, every time we touch it, including bacteria and viruses.

Surfaces are therefore some of the biggest carriers to spread viruses and bacteria because it is simply human to make contact whether it is conscious or unconscious, direct or indirect.

The REHAU health.protect portfolio: Edgebands and surfaces

New: edgebands with antiviral properties

Additionally to our known antibacterial functionality, our health.protect edgebands now also feature a coating with antiviral properties against specific viruses1. With RAUKANTEX pro you benefit even twice: not only are the edgebands antimicrobial, but also make for a jointless look that not only looks good, but also prevents dirty joints where bacteria can accumulate.

RAUKANTEX Kantenbänder mit antiviraler Wirkung

With health.protect: silver ions accelerate the decay of viruses to just a few hours

Without health.protect: Viruses can survive up to several days on a surface

^{Footnote: 1 SARS-CoV-2_COV2019 Italy/INMI1: efficacy 91.87% after 8 hours; influenza H3N2 and H1N1: efficacy 99.9% after 24 hours. Tested according to ISO 21702.}

Antibacterial surfaces

Enjoy the timeless elegance of our matt RAUVISIO noir and RAUVISIO brilliant noble matt surfaces and experience their velvety soft feel with anti-fingerprint finish, all with the peace of mind of knowing that you are touching a material with an antibacterial effect!. Both product families are already equipped with health.protect properties as standard, destroying more than 99 % of bacteria within 24 hours even at normal humidity. For more protection from infection by bacteria in everyday life.

Surface with health.protect: bacteria are prevented from attaching themselves and are subsequently eliminated.

Surface without health.protect: bacteria are unhindered to dock and multiply.

^{RAUVISIO crystal and RAUVISIO brilliant surfaces are also available on request with the health.protect finish even in small purchase quantities.}

Areas of use

Irrespective of whether it is in a hospital, hotel or restaurant: a lot of people meet in a confined space at all of these locations. You prevent contaminated surfaces with REHAU health.protect and consequently ensure more safety for guests, customers and visitors.

Healthcare

Surgeries and hospitals are at particular risk of contamination as well as frequented by high-risk groups. Antibacterial surfaces form a crucial part of designing interior spaces here.

Hotel industry & public sector

In public areas – whether they are hotel receptions, administrative offices or also airports and stations – a lot of people are in transit internationally. As a consequence, surfaces are frequently used. REHAU health.protect surfaces help solve this problem.

Living areas

Improved protection for the family at home – irrespective of whether it is in the kitchen, bathroom or living room.

Catering industry & trade

Confined spaces with a high humidity and surfaces that often come in contact with foodstuffs – a paradise particularly for mould. Surfaces also help here to prevent contamination.

Office

Whether it is in one's own office or in a meeting room, the constant exchange forms part of the working environment – you ensure more safety with REHAU health.protect.

Sanitary facilities

Whether it is in spa or shower areas, public pools or sports clubs: personal hygiene is not practised 100 % within one's own home. It is therefore even more important to be able to feel safe in these situations with the right surfaces.

Portfolio

Please refer to our product pages for useful information regarding REHAU's surface and edgeband collections:

RAUVISIO crystal

RAUVISIO crystal combines a puristic furniture design in high-quality glass effect with flexible processing options.

RAUVISIO brilliant

RAUVISIO brilliant replaces high-quality lacquered elements thanks to its appearance of total seamless integration – now also with hard coating.

RAUVISIO noir

Timeless elegance

RAUKANTEX

Our extensive range of RAUKANTEX edgebands helps you to deliver unique designs and keep up with the latest furniture trends.

The REHAU protect family

REHAU health.protect solutions form part of the REHAU protect family. Our protect portfolio is dedicated to topic of every aspect of protection – irrespective of whether it is environmental protection, fire protection or health.

Our researchers and developers are working daily on developing solutions to make our day-to-day life a little safer for us. Wholly in line with our corporate motto "Engineering progress. Enhancing lives".

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