Medical Facilities

FOOTWORKS Faucet Controllers provide excellent benefits on sinks throughout hospitals and medical facilities.

In surgery,nurses stations, examining rooms, ER, intensive care, labs, medical offices, kitchens etc. FOOTWORKS provides benefits that please everyone.

1. To combat the spread of infection and to protect employee health, hands free faucet control is easily added to new and existing sinks.
2. Utility savings quickly pays for the improvement and lowers hospital operating costs forever. When compared to conventional faucet operation, a 75% savings on utility consumption occurs. As opposed to having the water on during the entire hand wash, employees will step on the pedal to wet their hands, and step off while lathering with soap. And, no more faucets are left running or dripping. Water sewage and energy savings can add up to more than $300 per year on sinks used only for hand washing. On sinks used for work, as in labs, and in the kitchen, savings will be in the $1000 to $2000 per year range.
3. Simple installation, and the heavy duty, all mechanical operation provides a device that engineering can quickly install and forget about. Hospital engineering depts, who are using this new technology, consider it to be far superior to electronic faucets that are prone to erratic performance, and frequent maintenance needs.

"Thanks for developing such an excellent product. It's the kind of product hospitals and medical facilities have been needing for a long time. A simple to use, easy to install, heavy duty, hands free system that we can use on every sink. I am director of engineering of two large hospitals and multiple satellite facilities. FOOTWORKS is the only hands free device we will use, and have been adding them to every sink as time and budget constraints allow."
    -   A. Worley, Columbia Health Care  -

"We use FOOTWORKS in our utility saving, performance contract projects. We now retrofit entire facilities at once with this technology, and the upgrade is completely paid for with the utility savings."
    -   L. Loupe, Johnson Controls Inc.  -

IN SURGERY

Surgeons and their staff endorse FOOTWORKS Faucet Controllers as the best hands-free scrub system on the market.

Precise control of water temperature and flow rate, combined with simple activation is achieved with the installation of FOOTWORKS Faucet Controllers.

No more tricky two pedal, or knee action maneuvers to execute the tedious surgical scrub.

Keep the faucet open and set to the perfect scrub conditions and step on and off the pedal to activate water flow. When rinsing, engage the pedal latch to enjoy complete freedom to move around the sink to easily position your arms under the spout.

"Before now, scrubbing prior to surgery was a tedious task. It was hard to keep the water from being to cold or too hot, or splashing up. I highly recommend FOOTWORKS. With this system, I have none of these problems."
    -   S. Meyer, MDe  -

In addition to new applications, FOOTWORKS is being used to replace older systems that are troublesome and/or where parts availability is a problem. In this application, at Tulane Medical Center, New Orleans LA, knee operated systems were replaced with FOOTWORKS. Conversions took about 45 minutes per sink.

For recommendations on conversions give our engineering department a call, 1-800-431-3668.

Commercial Food Service Facilities

Food Service Operators transform their kitchens to a whole new level of speed and sanitation and utility bills drop dramatically.

FOOTWORKS Faucet controllers are installed on all sinks in commercial kitchens to provide benefits that everyone appreciates. Used on hand sinks, prep sinks, line sinks, pot sinks, silver sinks, bakery sinks, and bar sinks. Installations take about an hour.

1. Germs, flour, batter, and any mess can be washed safely down the drain without contaminating the faucet knobs. (the first thing people touch after hand washing with a conventional faucet).
   FOOTWORKS is the only technology available to solve this problem on every sink in the kitchen.
2. Utility savings quickly pays for the improvement and lowers operating costs by thousands of dollars per year in most kitchens.
   With standard faucets it's understandable that workers hands are, many times, just too busy to keep turning the water on and off. And frequently faucets are left trickling or dripping.
   Using FOOTWORKS is so easy and convenient, water is no longer needlessly left running, trickling or dripping.
   However, when the sinks need to be filled, the latchable pedal, used on prep sinks and pot sinks, provides continuous unattended flow.
   Meter studies were conducted in a variety of facilities to develop these savings figures. The savings shows up in lower water, sewage, and gas/electric bills from hot water.
3. The time savings benefit has kitchen personnel wanting one for every sink.
   

Eight motions are replaced with by 3 motions.
Follow this comparison : Going to the sink to rinse a tray.

With a Conventional Faucet:

1. Walk to sink
2. Set tray down
3. Turn on water
4. Pick up tray and rinse under spout
5. Put tray down
6. Turn water off
7. Pick up tray
8. Walk away

With FOOTWORKS:

1. Walk to sink and step on the pedal as you arrive
2. Rinse tray under spout
3. Walk away when done (water shuts off automatically)

"We are very pleased with FOOTWORKS. We are adding them to every sink in each of our 49 school cafeteria kitchens"
    -   S. Jones, Rapides School System  -

"Just wanted to commend your company. FOOTWORKS has solved our leaking faucet problems once and for all. Our kitchen staff loves them and can't break them."
    -   K Neil, New Orleans Marriott.  -

"Hygiene is a primary concern to everyone in the food service industry. Anyone looking for a simple quality solution will find it with FOOTWORKS."
    -   D. Barnes, Red Lobster  -

"FOOTWORKS really saves us time and money! "
    -   P. Davis, Subway  -

LABORATORIES

FOOTWORKS Faucet Controllers provide 4 excellent benefits in Laboratory Applications.

1. To Protect Employee Health. Without FOOTWORKS, contamination from employees hands or gloves goes onto the faucet knobs when the water is turned on. All sink users can unknowingly get this same contamination on their hands when they use the sink; exposing themselves and the items they handle to potentially hazardous materials
2. Reduced Glassware Breakage. Hands remain secure on fragile, expensive glassware, never having to set it down just to turn the water on and off.
3. Time Savings. Task completion involving the sink is much quicker because hands don't have to be freed up to turn the water on and off.
4. Utility Savings quickly pays for the improvement and lowers operating costs forever. Many times the water runs needlessly because employee's hands are temporarily too busy to turn the water off. The simple hands free operation of FOOTWORKS becomes a tool to save time, and control the water without waste. Typical utility savings is approximately $700 per year per sink.

Conventional Faucet:

1. Walk to sink
2. Set a beaker down to free up a hand
3. Turn on water
4. Pickup beaker and rinse under spout
5. Put beaker down to free up a hand
6. Turn off water
7. Pick up beaker
8. Walk away

With FOOTWORKS:

1. Walk to sink and step on the pedal as you arrive
2. Rinse beakers under spout
3. Walk away when done (water shuts off automatically).

"We retrofitted hundreds of our lab sinks with FOOTWORKS. Its an excellent product to reduce health and safety problems, lower operating costs, and everyone enjoys the convenience and time savings".
    -   F Schambach, University of New Orleans  -

"For our research labs, QC labs, and production unit labs, we find FOOTWORKS to be a very beneficial addition. The simple retrofit allows us to add them with minimal disruption and cost."
    -   D. Allman, Monsanto  -

On /Off with the pedal,Latch On for continuous flow.

Precise control and simple, versatile operation is provided.

SHOPS AND FACTORIES

FOOTWORKS solves safety and hygiene problems while lowering utility costs.

• Step on the pedal to wet hands.
• Step off the pedal while lathering with soap.
• Step on the pedal again to rinse.

FOOTWORKS can be quickly installed to existing sinks, usually in less than an hour.

Beauty Salons

FOOTWORKS is an excellent time saver for Beauty Salons while lowering costs.

DAY CARE CENTERS

FOOTWORKS is excellent in day care facilities to prevent the spread of fecal contamination while lowering utility costs.

AWARDS & REVIEWS

Model 9401-A
Cabinet Mount Systems

Model 9401-B
Floor Mount Systems

There are FOOTWORKS Faucet Controllers To Fit Any Sink.

FOOTWORKS Faucet Controllers come complete with everything needed for the installation.

Specify: Model #, Pedal Style, Supply Line size, and Color (Floor Mount Models)

Model 9401-A

Cabinet Mount Systems

Pedal Style: Latchable or Non-Latchable

Supply Line Size: 3/8" or 1/2"

Model 9401-B
Floor Mount Systems
Pedal Style: Latchable or Non-Latchable
Supply Line Size: 3/8" or 1/2"
Housing Color: Silver or White

More About Specifications:

Pedal Style: Latchable pedals can be latched open to provide continuous water flow. Non-Latchable pedals do not have the latch mechanism. Selected when continuous flow is not needed or desired.

Supply Line Size: Refers to the size of the current or planned faucet supply connection. Specify 3/8" for angle stops with 3/8" compression outlets, etc. Specify 1/2" for 1/2" rigid copper pipe.

The connection for the faucet is 1/2" female pipe threads.

Custom Configurations: Custom configurations are also available for special applications. Prison grade fasteners, custom pedal lengths, decorative finishes, custom flex line lengths. Contact our Engineering Dept. for assistance. 1-800-431-3668