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TEXAS MEDICAL

TECHNOLOGY

THE FUTURE

OF SANITATION

PROTOCOL

CEO: OMRI SHAFRAN

hen shortages of personal protective
equipment began in March, Houston
Wentrepreneur Omri Shafran saw an
opportunity. With $1,000 in startup costs, Shafran
and co-founder Dimitri Menin began Texas Medical
Technology (formerly Texas Medical Center
Supply), a personal protective equipment supplier
that works with city and state governments, public
health systems, school districts and corporate
offices. The company, which opened in late March,
provides items such as medical-grade surgical
gowns, latex gloves, hand sanitizer dispensers and
a robot that disinfects rooms.

hese devices are being used in grocery stores,
hospitals, hotels, gyms, malls, restaurants.
TTexas Medical Technology has devices like
the SaniScreen that has facial recognition, takes
your temperature and does a print out analysis,
provides hand sanitizer and has a digital marketing
banner that can be programmed to feature any ad,
video, menu, sales promotion of store brands, new
service or offer. SaniGate is another device that
also has facial recognition, takes your temperature,
but has a walk through sterilization gate that
sanitizes you head to toe with an innocuous, virus
killing, silica based fog. It also has tracking ability
so that establishments stay safe for those who
are not presenting with fever. This analysis can be
printed out. These products will communicate to
customers that businesses are doing everything
in their power to keep customers and their
establishment safe and sanitized. These types of
protocols really are the only way we will be able to

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