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  • Compact keyboard ideal for medical carts and bedside use
  • Smooth, crevice-free silicone surface designed for frequent disinfection
  • Backlit keys with three illumination levels for use in low-light environments
  • LinkSmart cleaning button disables keys during cleaning
  • Optional San-a-Key® software for cleaning guidance and scheduled cleaning
  • Scrubbable, sprayable, and wipeable surface for infection control workflows
  • Detachable USB for easy removal and cable management

Use Cases

Clinical Authentication

Supports badge, biometric, and multifactor authentication workflows in healthcare environments requiring secure access to patient information.

Healthcare Workstations

For shared nursing stations and clinical desktops requiring secure authentication, rapid user transitions, and habitual disinfection support.

Manufacturing Operations

Supports secure workstation access in industrial and manufacturing environments with shared terminals and operational workflows.

Key Challenges Addressed by the Product
High-touch surfaces contribute to cross-contamination

Traditional keyboards are difficult to clean and can harbor harmful bacteria between uses.

Shared workstations require consistent cleaning practices

Clinical staff must be able to disinfect devices quickly without interrupting workflow or entering errant data. Cleaning needs to become habitual to be effective. Traditional and dishwasher-safe keyboards require removal for cleaning — an impractical and time-consuming step in busy clinical environments.

Low-light environments require visibility without disruption

Patient care often occurs in dimly lit rooms where standard keyboards are difficult to use.

Equipment size should be optimized for mobile medical carts

Space is limited on medical carts. Too many peripherals adds to clutter. Compact devices are needed for carts to fit the cart without hindering its functionality.

Designed for clinical infection control

The keyboard’s impervious silicone surface can be wiped in place with hospital-approved germicidal wipes, and sprayed or scrubbed with soap, helping to reduce the buildup and spread of harmful bacteria on shared keyboards.

Enables software-guided, habitual user cleaning

The LinkSmart cleaning button temporarily disables keys, allowing staff to disinfect the keyboard without generating accidental input. Cleaning is user-friendly and becomes habitual, prompted by San-a-Key® scheduled cleaning popup reminders.

Supports infection control compliance

Optional San-a-Key® software guides users through the cleaning process with an onscreen keyboard that tracks progress in real time. Onscreen keys change color as they are wiped, ensuring full-coverage, thorough cleaning, followed by a timed dwell period to allow disinfectants to take effect before reactivating the keyboard.

Optimized for bedside and cart-based workflows

The compact footprint fits easily on medical carts and bedside workstations without interfering with patient care.

Improves usability in low-light environments

Backlit, laser-etched keys with adjustable illumination ensure visibility during nighttime or low-light clinical use.

  • LinkSmart push-to-clean keyboard locking system
  • Optional San-a-Key® infection control software featuring interactive cleaning guidance
  • Smooth, crevice-free, chemical-resistant silicone surface
  • Three levels of backlit illumination
  • Soft-touch, full-travel keys for comfortable typing
  • Quiet operation for patient environments
  • Detachable USB connection
  • Designed for use with approved hospital-grade germicidal wipes
  • Hospital nursing stations
  • Medical carts and mobile workstations
  • Patient bedside documentation
  • Infection control–focused healthcare facilities
  • Long-term care and outpatient facilities

Windows 11, Linux, macOS

HIPAA

The KSI-1801 SX B is a compact, hospital-grade keyboard designed to support infection control at the clinical desktop. Its smooth silicone surface allows for thorough disinfection.

San-a-Key provides an onscreen, digital representation of the keyboard that guides users through the cleaning process in real time. As the keyboard is wiped, individual keys change color onscreen — visually confirming which areas have been cleaned. Digital keys transition from red to black as each key is wiped, helping ensure no areas are missed. Once all keys are cleaned, a brief dwell period begins — indicated by a status bar — allowing disinfectants time to activate and effectively reduce pathogens. After the cycle is completed, the keyboard is automatically reactivated for use.

With integrated backlighting for low-light environments and optional San-a-Key software for monitoring and compliance, the KSI-1801 SX B helps healthcare organizations maintain cleaner, safer shared workstations without sacrificing usability or productivity.

Is this keyboard designed specifically for healthcare environments?

Yes. The KSI-1801 SX B is a hospital-grade keyboard designed for infection control at shared clinical workstations.

How is the keyboard cleaned?

It can be wiped, sprayed, or scrubbed with approved disinfectants. The LinkSmart button disables keys during cleaning.

What is the purpose of the silicone surface?

The crevice-free silicone surface helps prevent the buildup of harmful bacteria and supports frequent disinfection.

Can the keyboard be used in low-light environments?

Yes. The keyboard includes backlit keys with adjustable illumination for use in darkened patient rooms.

What does the San-a-Key software do?

San-a-Key software provides onscreen cleaning guidance and scheduled cleaning via popup reminders.
Dimensions: 14.93″ W × 7.31″ D × 1.04″ H
Weight: ~1.65 lbs
High-speed USB (detachable cable)
Soft-touch full-travel keys
Backlit keys with three illumination levels
Silicone-covered keys
Chemical-resistant and disinfectable
LEDs flash during cleaning mode
LinkSmart Lite Demo

KSI-1801 SX B

Compact Infection Control Keyboard for the Clinical Desktop

The KSI-1801 SX B is a compact, disinfectable medical-grade keyboard designed specifically for healthcare environments. Built for shared clinical workstations and medical carts, it supports consistent cleaning, infection prevention, and uninterrupted workflows at the point of care.

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