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Our equipment is not made of materials designed to stand up to disinfection agents. Use of disinfectants can break down lettering on your keyboard and more importantly surfaces of screens and touch surfaces (ie laptop screens, keyboards and “mouse” surface).  
Our equipment is not made of materials designed to stand up to disinfection agents. Use of disinfectants can break down lettering on your keyboard and more importantly surfaces of screens and touch surfaces (ie laptop screens, keyboards and “mouse” surface).  


HP recommends the [http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&docname=c01507270 following]. They are not specific about which product to use, however the general category of LCD wipes would do not much to disinfect, so this really doesn't help us. '''Do not use screen cleaner meant for CRTs, i.e. old fashioned big monitors, as this will also damage the LDC screen on our laptops.'''   
HP recommends the [http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&docname=c01507270 following]. They are not specific about which product to use, however the general category of LCD wipes would not do much to disinfect, so this really doesn't help us. '''Do not use screen cleaner meant for CRTs, i.e. old fashioned big monitors, as this will also damage the LDC screen on our laptops.'''   


Tina contacted HP directly, and they don't have a recommendation of what product to use. Generally speaking, solvents (e.g. alcohol)  should not be used.
Tina contacted HP directly, and they don't have a recommendation of what product to use. Generally speaking, '''solvents (e.g. alcohol, hydrogen peroxide)  should not be used on LCD screens.
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