athletic
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July 09, 2020
For our products to perform above and beyond your expectations, Dollamur made several recent technological advances in our mats, starting with the production of the vinyl mat surface. In recent years there has been a key initiative in the healthcare industry to move away from the use of antimicrobials and replace these with a biocidal additive.
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May 01, 2020
The recent fear of illness being spread around the globe gives us a great opportunity to take a look at your school’s cleaning protocol. Viruses are most commonly spread with person-to-person contact however some viruses can also be transmitted through non-porous surfaces like grappling mats.
Viruses have different half-lives. This means that after a certain period of time, let’s say 12 hours, 50% of the virus will remain, and then in another 12 hours 25%, and so on. This means that at any point in time an infected student may have left active and infectious cells on your mats or in your facility. Aside from the current news, the bigger threat to martial arts schools and students is the normal collection of skin infections that can be transmitted between students like ringworm,