What Is a Hygiene Sluice?

A hygiene sluice (or hygiene lock) is a controlled access zone between “dirty” and “clean” areas. Staff and visitors must follow strict hygiene procedures before entering production zones, ranging from disinfection and clothing changes to full-body showers.

A complete hygiene sluice typically includes:

• Resistant sanitary wall cladding for quick and thorough cleaning
• Personal lockers for separating outside and inside clothing
• A step-over bench to mark the boundary between zones
• In high-risk environments: a built-in shower unit

1. Hygiene Sluices in Horticulture

In greenhouse horticulture, threats like thrips, whiteflies, and fungal diseases can quickly spread and damage crops. Every person entering the greenhouse poses a potential risk.

Effective horticulture sluices should include:

• Sanitary walls that resist moisture and cleaning chemicals
• Step-over benches to clearly separate outdoor and indoor zones
• Shoe and hand disinfection systems
• Personal lockers to store workwear and personal items safely

Kardeco’s sluices, built with Kupan-fabricated sanitary walls and lockers made from solid grade HPL, provide durable, easy-to-clean surfaces ideal for the warm, humid climate of greenhouses.

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2. Hygiene Sluices in Pig Breeding Facilities

Pig farms face ongoing threats from diseases like PRRS, PEDV, and African Swine Fever. That’s why shower-in/shower-out procedures are increasingly common, enforced by thoughtfully designed hygiene sluices.

Recommended features include:

• Full shower facilities for staff before entering the barn
• Hygienic sanitary walls for fast disinfection
• Separation via a step-over bench or physical barrier
• Lockable personal lockers for clean and dirty clothing

Kardeco, in partnership with Kupan, delivers robust sluices featuring industrial-grade components that meet the high standards of pig farming environments.

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3. Hygiene Sluices in Poultry Farming

Poultry operations are particularly sensitive to diseases like Avian Influenza and Salmonella. Because of the high bird density, even minor hygiene breaches can escalate quickly.

Key poultry sluice elements:

• Step-over benches and hand hygiene stations
• Shoe disinfection and drying systems
• Optional shower units in higher-biosecurity zones
• Sanitary walls and personal lockers fabricated by Kupan from solid grade HPL

With Kardeco’s hygiene sluices, poultry farms gain reliable, easy-to-maintain systems that reduce infection risk and improve operational hygiene protocols.

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Why Choose Kardeco?

At Kardeco, we design hygiene sluices that combine:

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Hygienic sanitary walls and lockers fabricated by Kupan
Solid grade HPL panels for long-lasting, impact-resistant durability
Practical step-over benches to enforce clean/dirty separation
Integrated showers where high-risk entry control is needed

Modular, custom-built systems for horticulture, pigs, and poultry

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Our sluices are built for daily agricultural reality: easy to clean, resistant to harsh disinfectants, and engineered to last.

Conclusion

Whether you're operating a greenhouse, managing a pig breeding facility, or running a poultry farm, your hygiene sluice is the gatekeeper of your biosecurity. With Kardeco hygiene sluices, equipped with Kupan-fabricated sanitary walls and lockers made from premium solid grade HPL, you're investing in reliability, safety, and long-term hygiene performance.

Sanitary walls. Personal lockers. Step-over benches. Showers.
Every detail matters—because your biosecurity depends on it.

Choose Kardeco. Built to protect.

We care so you don't have to.

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