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immediately neutralize contaminants where they first begin, even if the culprit is a beloved teddy bear being carried into the emergency room at 3:00 a.m.” Krah added that their “reasonable price points afford smaller facilities the opportunity to provide healthy environ- ments as well, compared to costly treat- ments few can afford.” Maintenance is minimal. Maintenance staff only need replace the radiant catalytic ionization cell annually. Citing some of the advantages of reducing epidemiologically important pathogens, Krah said ActivePure can help to reduce the risk of infection, reduce re-admission rates, recoup Medicare funding, and elevate hospital ratings.


James Dacek, Senior Product Man- ager, STERIS, believes air quality is the next frontier in infection prevention in the operating room (OR). He said that whereas, “in recent years, the healthcare industry has addressed room surfaces, hand hygiene, gowning, etc., in the OR, there hasn’t been much emphasis placed on air as a primary source of contamina- tion.” He also believes that education is in order, with hospital staff needing to be made aware of potential risks as- sociated with out-of-spec air quality, i.e., temperature, humidity, particle counts, differential pressure, etc., per ASHRAE [American Society of Heat- ing, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers] 170.


Talking about why Dacek believes STERIS’s CLEANSUITE is the best for meeting healthcare facilities’ air- quality needs, he explained how the CLEANSUITE ceiling system helps miti-


gate the risk of airborne particles. He described it as, “A true gapless laminar-flow ceiling system, designed to minimize turbulence and gently guide par- ticles away from the surgical site, bathing the patient and staff in ultra-clean air.” Dacek averred, “At 100 par- ticles per cubic foot, it is the only solution to achieve the ISO Class 5 Cleanroom specifi- cation, surpassing the


ASHRAE 170 standard for patient safety.” CLEANSUITE ceiling system features a flexible, modular design and inte- grates structure, air delivery, and room lighting. “Internal and external truss systems allow for seamless mounting of surgical lights, booms, monitors and c-arms,” added Dacek. Further claims are that CLEANSUITE’s prefabricated structural steel frame installs six times faster than traditional site-built ceilings, which helps maximize OR uptime, and, a national design and construction firm’s recent data confirmed CLEANSUITE as being thirty percent less expensive than a traditional site-built ceiling. “Air quality within healthcare set- tings is often overlooked but deserves attention, given one third of hospital- acquired infections (HAIs) are caused by airborne pathogens,” said Doug Jones, Vice President of US Channel Sales, Novaerus, part of WellAir. Jones believes that healthcare systems need to review their processes and protocol for


CLEANSUITE ceiling system from STERIS


WellAir’s Novaerus air-disinfection units


air-quality management, establishing standards similar to those used for hand hygiene and sanitization of surfaces. “Infectious aerosols can be extremely small (5 m) and remain suspended in the air stream for long periods of time. In healthcare settings, a proactive method of continuous monitoring and cleaning of indoor air will assist in reducing HAIs and re-admissions.”


Jones described WellAir’s Novaerus air-disinfection units as the only medi- cal-grade air cleaners using kill-and-trap technology. Here is how it works: The solution pulls contaminated air into the unit via a dual-speed fan, and the air is drawn over plasma coils. The coils generate an ultra-low–energy plasma field that rapidly deactivates VOCs and pathogens at the DNA level. The Defend 1050 solution is equipped with a triple-stage filter system from Camfil that captures the dead particulate matter and stops it from recirculating back into the air. “Novaerus units do not produce any harmful byproducts and can be safely operated 24/7 near patients and staff,” Jones stated.


“WellAir has conducted independent efficacy testing that proves the Novaerus plasma technology reduces aerosolized biologicals, such as Staphylococcus epi- dermidis, MS2 bacteriophage, Aspergillus niger fungus, and Bacillus subtilis en- dospores,” continued Jones. “In addi- tion, recent studies have proven that Novaerus technology reduces airborne Influenza A by up to 99.9%.” A clinical trial performed by the Na-


tional Health Service in the United King- dom on the general medical/elderly care wards at the Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead, England, found, “You are


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