[Nhcoll-l] Advice on waterproof/washable keyboards for lab work

[Rachel Hawkins]

I remember seeing plastic keyboard covers kicking around as part of our
university's Covid response. Maybe something like this would be a possible
solution:
https://www.amazon.com/Disposable-Keyboard-Cover-500-BX/dp/B07FW3LHY6

On Thu, Apr 7, 2022, 12:44 PM Fisher, Ryan PCS <ryan.fisher at gov.sk.ca>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> We are considering shifting some of our pencil and paper data collection
> while doing vertebrate specimen preparation to a digital format. We are
> anticipating having laptops available (the laptops would be out of the way
> of the specimen preparation, so don’t necessarily need to be
> waterproof/washeable), but we are needing an external Bluetooth/wifi
> keyboard/mouse-trackpad that we can use to actually physically enter data.
> Of course, the data entry will be done while the specimen is being prepared
> so we need something that is washable and waterproof and can generally
> stand up to all of the fluids and fur/feathers that get on gloves and the
> preparation area. Just wondering if anyone has any advice on brands or
> options for this (or what you’ve tried and you recommend avoiding!).
>
> Thank you,
>
> Ryan
>
>
>
> *Ryan Fisher,  **Ph.D. (he/him)*
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> Royal Saskatchewan Museum
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