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Medical Uses for OmniAire Equipment
Portable HEPA Air Purification for Healthcare
Facilities
Respiratory infections can be acquired from exposure to pathogenic
microorganisms which can be indefinitely suspended in air and be carried
over long distances. Healthcare facilities with patients with a compromised
immune system are especially vulnerable, but from the Center for Disease
Control (CDC) and other studies, other potentially affected types of
healthcare facilities include:
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Intensive care units
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Emergency waiting Rooms
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Dental Surgeries
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Nursing Homes
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Doctors Offices
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Veterinary Clinics
Specific
applications include:
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) isolation
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TB isolation
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Pediatric isolation
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Infectious disease control
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Bronchoscopy
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Legionelia
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Nosocomial infections
Center for Disease Control (CDC) studies show that the combination of
HEPA filtration and germicidal irradiation is the most effective method to
capture and destroy bio-contaminants, such as the fungi, bacteria and
viruses that spread diseases such as pandemic flu, avian flu, tuberculosis,
aspergillosis, ebola fever, marburg
hemorrhagic fever, lassa
fever, and other biological threats.
To
assure that the diseases do not spread through HVAC systems, the potential
problem areas should be isolated and the air purified by portable HEPA air
filtration equipment as recommended by the CDC.
To
comply with CDC guidelines and to prevent contamination of sensitive areas,
OmniAire HEPA negative air machines and OmniAire PAC
machines are used to filter and purify the air during maintenance projects;
for creation of isolation environments and to prevent cross-contamination
when compounding pharmacies. | 