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ADIBOT Cleans Up at Education Conference 

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By Ashley Benkarski

NASHVILLE, TN — Attendees of the American Association of School Administrators’ (AASA) National Conference on Education were greeted with various exhibitors at the Music City Center Feb. 17-19, including UBTECH, an L.A.-based robotics firm.

The company showcased its ADIBOT UV-C sanitizing robot it deemed as “the long-term solution for clean schools during and after COVID-19.”

With nearly one-fifth of the nation’s population in a school setting every day, and with many absences being due to illnesses such as the flu, UBTECH Senior Vice President John Rhee said the ADIBOT technology was a hit at the conference.  

The robots operate with hospital-grade technology—a UV-C Light Disinfection System—that inactivates 99.9 percent of all viruses and bacteria, including COVID-19, influenza and MRSA without the use of toxic chemicals, the company said. 

The machines are already being used to disinfect classrooms, offices, medical facilities and large convention centers nationwide. 

The use of ADIBOT reduces the risk of prolonged exposure to dangerous chemical disinfectants and reduces the risk of healthcare associated infections, said Rhee.

The use of those chemicals and the residue they leave behind can cause adverse respiratory infections and make existing conditions such as asthma worse, he added.

Further, Rhee noted ADIBOT is a sort of assistant to custodians, as it can do the disinfection work after the last human in the building goes home, limiting exposure to viruses and lightening the workload.

The robots are available as a stationary (ADIBOT-S) or an autonomous (ADIBOT-A) option, with the latter using simultaneous location and mapping (U-SLAM) technology to navigate and clean single or multiple-floor plans.

Simply put, U-SLAM technology allows the computer to map unknown environments using sensors, allowing it to navigate spaces it’s been programmed to clean.

For more information on UBTECH visit ubtrobot.com.

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Pandemic Pushes Demand for Digitalized Indoor Air Monitoring

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In conjunction with MWC Barcelona 2022 which will be taking place from the 28th of February to the 3rd of March, Tara Neal, Executive Editor of The Fast Mode spoke to Xabier Aláez Sarasibar, CEO and Co-Founder of Inbiot Monitoring S.L. on the company’s plans and showcases for this year’s event.

Tara: What do you think MWC 2022 will be all about? And what are your MWC 2022 plans?

Xabier: MWC Barcelona is the world’s most influential event for the connectivity industry. We will be able to learn about technological progress and the future of connectivity in a post-pandemic world from some of the world’s leading companies.

We are looking forward to networking with influential people in the tech industry. The event is a great opportunity for us to present our solution and proprietary technology for indoor air quality monitoring and to make valuable connections with the top decision makers in the field.

Tara: How has the pandemic impacted the operational and business landscape of the tech segment you are operating in?

Xabier: The pandemic has drawn attention to the built environment, increasing public awareness about the importance of indoor air quality, not only because it affects the possibility of contagion of diseases, but also because it influences our health and well-being.

In order to succeed in this environment, businesses must change the way they build, manage, and design their offices, as well as put in place proven policies and practices to promote the health and wellness of their employees.

The omission of factors that directly affect the quality of air we breathe, such as ventilation, is simply no longer acceptable in buildings.

Tara: What emerging trends/technologies have you observed in your tech segment in recent months?

Xabier: The monitoring sector in general and the indoor air quality solutions in particular are becoming increasingly digitized, incorporating new technologies that greatly expand the capabilities of the solutions in terms of connectivity and integration.

The industry is evolving from hardware-only products to hardware and software solutions, in which SaaS is becoming increasingly important. That is what we offer at inBiot: not only a device but also a strategy of continuous improvement of air quality in indoor spaces, by reporting indoor air quality conditions in real time for decision-making and by being 100% integrable with ventilation systems (HVAC).

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Cleaning Your Teeth In Amarillo Doesn’t Have to Hurt Your Wallet

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Do you go to the dentist every six months like it is recommended? Maybe you don’t have insurance. Maybe you can’t afford the cost of all of that. Well there is a much cheaper way to get the cleanings you need.

In fact this is something my mom signed us up as kids to do. It really was a pretty easy process. I mean everyone has to start somewhere. So if you can get your teeth cleaned while students are learning what to do. Why not?

Cleaning Your Teeth While They Learn

I am talking about going to get your teeth cleaned by students over at Amarillo College. They are going through the program to do this for a living. The best way to learn is hands on, that is for sure.

So you get a better price and they get the experience they need to move on. The Amarillo College Dental Hygiene program is here to lend a helping hand and let you leave with a clean mouth.

The cost is very reasonable. To walk in and get your teeth cleaned, your x-rays and a fluoride treatment it will only set you back $35. It really makes sense to go that route. If you would like a deep cleaning that will run you another $35 but still a good price.

Maybe you need some sealants put on a couple teeth. They will do that too and only set you back $5 per tooth.

These students are looking for patients right now so you can call to set up an appointment – 806-354-6050.

The services will be taking place on the West Campus of Amarillo College -6222 W 9th in Jones Hall.

So there really is no reason to not stay up to date with your cleanings. If it really has been awhile go ahead and schedule your appointment now.

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Local activists push for ban on flavored tobacco products

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Wednesday a bill that would expand cost-free smoking cessation programs advanced to the House Health Finance and Policy Committee for a hearing.

ST PAUL, Minn. — State advocates are pushing to end the sale of flavored tobacco products in Minnesota, amid concerns that teen use creates pathways for addiction. Starting Monday, Feb. 28, a coalition called Minnesotans for a Smoke-Free Generation will kick off a virtual Week of Action, where both youth and adults will have the opportunity to learn the various ways to contact their lawmakers to create change.

“While our state has invested in tobacco prevention and treatment, we’ve raised our tobacco sales age to 21, we have strong clean indoor air laws, we still have work to do and it requires bold action,” Emily Myatt, government relations director for the American Cancer Society of Minnesota said. “We’re calling on the legislature to end the sale of all flavored tobacco products and remove barriers to tobacco cessation treatment for Minnesotans on Medicaid and Minnesota Care.”

Wednesday, Myatt testified in a committee hearing for House File 3153, which would expand tobacco cessation programs and initiatives, such as telephone counseling, in our state. The bill passed out of committee 9-2, advancing to the House Health Finance and Policy Committee for a hearing. 

RELATED: New Zealand’s plan to end smoking: A lifetime ban for kids 14 and under

Myatt says it’s a step in the right direction to combat an aggressive industry.

“The tobacco industry knows exactly who they’re targeting,” she said. “They’re targeting kids, communities of color, the LGBTQ+ population, and we’re up against that, so it’s so important that our state does everything that it can to help kids keep tobacco out of their hands.”

This comes a month after Truth Initiative released a report about imagery of tobacco products in shows that are popular among young people ages 15-24. Sixty-four percent of the top binge-watched shows in 2020 featured tobacco products, according to the report.

Nearly 2/3 of the top binge-watched shows by young people in 2020 featured tobacco products, according to a @truthinitiative report released in Jan.
Thurs. on @kare11 #Sunrise, I’ll share how local advocates with @smokefreegenMN, @LungMinnesota, and @ACS_Minnesota are responding pic.twitter.com/h9aTt3q5lR

— Eva Andersen – KARE 11 News (@EvaKare11) February 24, 2022

Pat McKone, the senior director for the American Lung Association in Minnesota, said she has experienced that firsthand.

“Sunday night on a very popular show I was watching, there was a popular character vaping,” McKone said.

She added e-cigarettes are even more concerning, due to the lack of regulation.

“[Teens] more tend to binge-watch and go with a series, and because [e-cigarettes are] an unregulated product as far as advertising on TV or product placement in these popular shows, that has increased over the last couple years.”

And social media isn’t helping. The 2017 Minnesota Youth Tobacco Survey found 88% of Minnesota high schoolers saw ads for e-cigarettes over the course of a month. 

“It puts young people at a much higher risk to become a user of combustible tobacco,” McKone said. “It puts them at risk for further addictions, it opens pathways in the brain – one of the last parts of our bodies to fully develop.”

McKone urges parents to have conversations with their children about these products by leading with listening.

“No one likes to be lectured,” she said. “Ask them ‘tell me what’s going on? What do you know about these devices?’ and listen.”

The American Lung Association also offers these resources to help people quit.

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Bringing clean water to the world | Rutland Reader

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With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic only recently bringing world-wide attention to the increased importance of safe water and sanitation, a local Rutland-based nonprofit organization has had its eyes set on making these pillars of hygiene more internationally accessible for 23 years.

Pure Water for the World, established by the Brattleboro Rotary Club in 1999 and now centered in Rutland, aims to provide safe water, sanitation and hygiene education to underserved communities internationally.

International locations are established in Trojes and Maraita, Hoduras and in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, but in a recent announcement the organization said it plans to move the Haiti location farther north in the country to Limonade, a commune of 69,000 people in the Cap-Haïtien Arrondissement.

The move is a result of recent social, political, environment and pandemic-related developments in the Port-au-Prince region that have made the area less suitable to work in for staff members — of which 90% are native to the communities they serve.

“What (the move) really comes down to is that ability to think long term and sustainably, and to be able to operate in an environment where we know that we’ll be able to carry through and continue to work with the communities that we’re reaching,” said Executive Director Matt Korn.

Some work has been done to serve the northern part of the country already, but the relocated office plans to provide 400 new homes with clean water filters and provide latrines and washrooms to local schools.

Throughout the pandemic, Pure Water for the World has adapted their aid to not only focus on delivering clean water, but to also provide personal protection equipment (PPE), educational videos on related topics and hands-free hand-washing stations for their communities.

“We’re all really passionate and really strive to ensure that the families that we work with (are) having improved access to safe water and sanitation. That’s the goal. And that’s what we all work towards,” said Pure Water for the World’s Deputy Director Jamin Gelder.

According to Pure Water for the World’s website, 70% of Haitians do not have access to safe and reliable sources of water, and as a result, waterborne pathogens are a leading cause of death each year.

And with the pandemic, a need for clean water and sanitation practices is now more important than ever.

Haitian staff member Junior Seraphin, who has been with the organization since 2009, said his involvement with Pure Water for the World has been the best opportunity for him to contribute to the elimination of the diseases that ravage Haitian communities.

“I agree to participate in (Pure Water’s) mission, which is to see a Haiti in which all communities have safe water,” Seraphin said. “As much as I can, I will put my strength with Pure Water for the World to achieve this goal in order to improve the living conditions of each Haitian.”

And it’s not just those who work in these underserved communities who have helped aid Pure Water for the World’s goals.

As a Rotary-built organization, Rotarians across the northeast and Florida — including local organizations like the Rotary Club of Rutland and Rutland South Rotary — have played a major role in aiding the continued operation of Pure Water’s programs.

President Peg Lucci of the Rutland South Rotary said though her group’s contributions are primarily financial, she feels proud to be involved with an organization that aligns so closely with Rotary values.

“Being a Rotarian is to think of ways to impact your own community and internationally,” Lucci said. “Rutland is … the kind of community that cares about its people — but its people are global, as well as local.”

A myriad of ways to donate to Pure Water and their cause can be found on their website and current funds raised towards their new Haiti location will be matched up to $85,000 by the board of directors and other local donors. Additionally, a silent auction is planned for World Water Day on March 22.

“It all starts with water, and if you can give somebody … clean drinking water, sanitation and important hygiene education, you can give them hope for a brighter future,” said previous Pure Water executive director and current board of directors member Carolyn Crowley-Meub.

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Make your homes healthier – News

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The Healthy Home brings to you the best of services to lead a cleaner life

Published: Thu 24 Feb 2022, 11:21 AM

Last updated: Thu 24 Feb 2022, 11:23 AM

The Healthy Home is a health and wellness company committed to creating better living. The company launched in 2013 to address the impact of indoor air quality on living as an essential need amongst individuals and their homes. The Healthy Home has a mission to build awareness about holistic wellness emphasising that indoor environmental quality has an equal importance on health as nutrition and an active lifestyle. The company’s treatments are all eco-friendly, child-safe and offer medically endorsed benefits such as improved sleep, respiratory and energy levels for individuals.

With the onset of the pandemic, people spend more than 90 per cent of their time indoors. “The air you breathe is what stays in your lungs. Most people don’t know that their home can be two to five times more polluted than outside which can have very strong impacts on their health, and trigger asthma and allergies,” said Hisham Jaber, Co-founder of www.thehealthyhome.me

The company offer a variety of services to eliminate dust and provide homes with healthier air allowing individuals to breathe and sleep better. The Healthy Home’s Pure Air AC duct cleaning and sanitisation treatment adopts a seven-step process that covers the full AC system and uses safe disinfection products to eliminate 99.9 per cent of dust, bacteria, viruses, fungi and spores that can trigger allergies and other respiratory illnesses.

“Our main focus is to remove what the eye cannot see such as dust mites, germs and bacteria. Our services help create a home that not only looks clean, but is truly a healthy home where you breathe clean air and feel energized,” added Jaber.

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Seattle DJC.com local business news and data – Architecture & Engineering

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February 24, 2022

The evolution of hyper-local community spaces

  • More important than the objective beauty of a work of architecture is how people feel in a space.

    • By MEGAN MCKAY
    Johnston Architects

    McKay

    For more than 30 years, Johnston Architects has been shaping Seattle’s small gathering spaces. Although how community spaces are being used is continually evolving, it hasn’t changed our firm’s approach or desire to create spaces to gather and enjoy being with other people at all scales. Because JA’s portfolio includes diverse typologies from public libraries, private community clubhouses, offices, multifamily, and private homes, the communal aspects of each infuse and inform one another. Great architecture forges connection between people and place in diverse, unique ways, becoming neighborhood treasures embedded into the fabric of their surroundings.

    Communal space means many things, from the proverbial central gathering table to small nooks and eddies around the periphery of a public space for people to see and be seen. More important than the objective beauty of a work of architecture is how people feel in a space. Places to pause and connect with nature, generate ad hoc run-ins with neighbors, or escape your private home space must be intentionally considered from the outset and nurtured throughout the design process.

    Image courtesy of Johnston Architects

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    The master planning for Bryant Heights centered around maintaining numerous significant trees and developing walkways through the site to maintain the park-like setting neighbors had come to appreciate.

    Once absorbed more passively, today people are desiring a much more immersive connection with nature. Back in graduate school in the 1970s, JA Founding Partner Mary Johnston, FAIA, was harshly critiqued by her professor for an apartment design over retail space that included an outdoor rooftop entry court and stairs. The professor chose her design as an example of what not to do in Seattle because of the feared rain exposure. Knowing Seattleites are a hardier lot than understood by the errant professor, in the decades since, JA has applied the same outdoor circulation approach at several Seattle multifamily projects to great success.

    Bryant Heights, a whole-block community including condominiums, townhomes, and single-family houses in Seattle’s Bryant neighborhood, is a case study not only of the power of a stroll through the outdoors but in the concept of giving open space back both to residents and to the surrounding neighborhood. The site was once planned as part of Children’s Hospital’s satellite campus, but when the hospital consolidated all services to its Laurelhurst location, the site sat vacant.

    It didn’t take long for neighbors to reclaim the empty lot for an ad-hoc park. Recognizing the value of retaining this urban park-like setting, JA worked with the developer and city of Seattle arborists to retain significant trees and design a meandering pathway through the property that is open to the neighborhood. Design solutions like this are possible when architects and planners look beyond the minimum zoning requirements and instead look for opportunities and possibilities.

    The benefits of going outdoors for connection to nature and fresh air — a safer alternative to stale indoor air in our post-COVID world — has awakened a desire for outdoor retail-adjacent gathering spaces. In this way, JA has been a step ahead of its time. An example of this is Ballard Public, a mixed-use development built around a central courtyard facing the block interior but connected physically to the public sidewalk, presenting a courtyard and walkthrough space for residents and neighbors to enjoy and experience. This reflects an evolution of community space — from being designed just for the community who lives in the building to being for the community at-large. A decade later we are continuing to incorporate these welcoming pedestrian experiences and retail courtyards in projects such as Shared Roof, under construction in Phinney Ridge, and Alta Arlo, nearing completion in Columbia City.

    Looking beyond amenities such as rooftop decks and courtyards, the rise of work-from-home is another phenomenon infiltrating common spaces. Skipping the daily commute into the office affords welcome flexibility, but for many there remains a desire to connect with others and perform the ritual of “leaving” your home — shared co-working lounges offer a bridge between these realms allowing work to be hyper-local but still draw from the energy of others.

    JA-designed Alta Arlo in Columbia City, the mixed-use Mercer Island Lofts, and the Bay Bowl Apartments in Bremerton all include co-working lounges in their common area lobbies featuring a combination of communal tables and breakout pods for small group discussions or acoustic privacy. In the last two years, COVID has reinforced that our spaces must be flexible.

    Lastly, people are craving immersive, memorable places — the so-called “Instagram-able” moments that are unique and demonstrative of a particular place. Lobbies enhanced with distinctive installations, such as living green walls or the full-ceiling lighting piece JA designed for the recently completed Kirin Apartments in lower Queen Anne, are gaining momentum. The “Digital Sky” installation inside Kirin enlivens the lobby with 1,000 translucent flags fluttering above, glowing with remotely coordinated LEDs to mimic waves or clouds.

    Permanent installations like this reflect a new interactive direction that utilizes technology and innovation to create experiential places that have not been seen before and cannot be easily replicated; a rebuke of the placeless sameness of the development boom of the past decade.

    Open, welcoming, and flexible community spaces are essential elements of design in our region’s growing cities, where density drives a need for both respite and shared context. They offer places for rest, gathering, and entertainment as a benefit to the surrounding community — even, and especially for, people who do not live within the building. These spaces can be powerful sources of pause and reflection, creating moments for individuals to feel present and connected to others.

    Megan McKay is a partner at Johnston Architects.

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    Dyson has something new coming… But what is it? We put on our thinking hats and tried to guess

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    Whenever Apple or Samsung or any of the other tech mega-brands has a new launch coming up they send out invites with clues to what’s coming cunningly secreted in the imagery used or the words on the invite. The fun is in trying to figure out what they are, and what it all means. Well, now we can play the same fun game with Dyson. The vacuum cleaner, air moving/cleaning and high-end grooming brand from Malmesbury is holding some briefings next week and has sent out the following, slightly alarming, highly intriguing invite. Malmesbury is a very fun word to say, by the way. Mmmmalmesbury.

    What can it mean? 

    Dyson air launch March 2022

    (Image credit: Dyson)

    So we have a kind crash test dummy, but for breathing. It’s got a ‘nose’ and ‘mouth’ and it doesn’t look any too happy. Although, to be fair, test dummies of any kind seldom look any too jocular. It’s also got a hole in its throat, but let’s ignore that bit, and assume it’s just a necessary part of designing a piece of testing apparatus of this type.

    The none-too-subtle headline is ‘There’s something new in the air’. Could this mean that Dyson’s next product will put something new ‘in the air’? Well, quite possibly. But usually these tag lines aren’t meant to be taken 100% literally. So it might just mean there’s something new coming, and it relates to air.

    The most exciting possibility is that this is Dyson’s highly anticipated wearable, personal air purifier. What’s that? You haven’t been anticipating this and in fact you’ve never even heard of it? Then you haven’t been paying proper attention. Dyson filed a patent for a device that resembled headphones and filtered the air in your personal space back in 2020. We called it Dyson CleanAirPods, although we rather doubt Dyson would call it that in reality.

    Dyson air purifying headphones

    Will Dyson be releasing air-purifying headphones? Erm… maybe not

    (Image credit: Yanko Designs)

    Of course, big brands file patents for concepts all the time, with no intention of ever actually making them. I’d be very surprised if this was what it had planned for early March – but what a pleasant surprise it would be! But given that the breath test dummy above is not wearing funky headphones – although it does appear to have tubes coming out of the back of its head, Matrix-style – it’s more likely to be a non-wearable device.

    A close look at the background of the image shows a vapour-like haze. Now this might just be a stylish design flourish but it could also represent an actual, vapour-like haze. A haze of the type, perhaps, one gets from a humidifier. The only issue there is that Dyson already makes a humidifier in the form of the Pure Humidify+Cool. So that wouldn’t be totally ‘new’ as such. But it could have some additional feature, such as putting an aroma or essential oils or somesuch into your air. I should probably point out that Dyson’s humidifiers don’t put visible vapour into the air, so maybe it’s not that. You do get products that project steam onto your visage for beauty and health purposes, though…

    There are two popular types of air-wrangling device that Dyson doesn’t currently make: a portable air conditioner and a dehumidifier. These change the temperature of the air and remove humidity from it respectively, so neither option puts something new ‘in’ the air as such. 

    Finally, although the aforementioned Pure Humidify+Cool humidifies, purifies and cools – obviously – Dyson has never yet made a fan that humidifies, purifies, cools and heats. So it might be that, although launching a heater in early spring wouldn’t be the most perfect timing. 

    In summary, I can’t tell you exactly what Dyson has up its sleeve, but I am looking forward to finding out – and perhaps breathing in a more luxurious and pleasing manner as a result of it. We’ll know everything about it by early March and I will of course let you know in a big gust of NEWS.

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    Indoor air quality in healthcare premises

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    Satish Kamble, GM-MEP Design, HOSMAC explains the codes and standards and importance of good indoor air quality in healthcare 

    Importance of good indoor air quality

    Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is strongly connected to the health and wellbeing of individuals. As per various studies and scientific reports; it is said that an individual breathes about 12,000 liters of air everyday. This breathable air that’s free of health threatening pollutants can lead to a higher quality of life, lower risk of respiratory illnesses, and a reduced risk of various chronic conditions.

    Exposure to hazardous airborne agents due to poor air quality present in indoor spaces can cause adverse effects such as respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, which can possibly lead to cancer. The general illnesses include dryness and irritation of eyes, nose, throat and skin, headaches, fatigue, shortness of breath, among others.

    The complex hospital environment requires special attention to ensure a healthy IAQ to protect patients and healthcare workers against hospital-acquired infections (HAI) and occupational diseases.

    Basic characteristics of the indoor air quality of a building can be mainly decided on various gaseous composition, temperature, relative humidity and airborne contaminant levels. Indoor air is considered to be healthy when the it does not contain contaminants in harmful concentrations.

    Codes and standards for healthcare IAQ

    As per ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.1 – Acceptable IAQ is air in which there are no known contaminants at harmful concentrations as determined by cognizant authorities and with which a substantial majority (80 per cent)of the people exposed do not express dissatisfaction.

    In order to maintain IAQ level in the clinical area of hospitals “ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2021 – Ventilation of Health Care Facilities” is to be followed. The purpose of this standard is to define ventilation system design requirements that provide environmental control for comfort, a sepsis and odour in healthcare facilities.

    Additionally, maintaining good IAQ in critical areas like OT, ICU, isolation rooms, NICU etc. depends on various parameters like, temperature RH%,Air Changes per hour Filtration level, positive / Negative pressurisation of area with respect to adjacent area.

    Let’s take a dip into these parameters:

    Temperature & RH percentage: This is an important parameter for the comfort of patients and working staff. The survival of viruses, bacteria, and fungi in the air is influenced by temperature and relative humidity. Thus environmental control in hospitals is important because of infectious disease transmission from the aerosol or airborne infection.

    Following are the temperature & RH percentage per ANSI/ASHRA Standard 170-2021:

    • For Critical Application (OT,ICU,PE room) : 18 Deg. C to 23 Deg. C (DBT) / 55 ± 5 percent
    • For special Critical Application (NICU) : 26 Deg. C to 27 Deg. C (DBT) / 55 ± 5% (RH)
    • For Corridor Application : 26 ± 1 Deg. C (DBT) / 55 ± 5% (RH)

    Air change per hour: Hospitals are full of potential contaminants ranging from viruses, bacteria, Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) to common dust. Proper ventilation and the exchange of air is the best way to reduce the presence of these pollutants, maintaining a healthy living and working condition.

    Following are the Total Air Change per Hour requirement as per ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2021:

    • Critical care (ICU) – 6 TACPH
    • Laboratories – 6 TACPH
    • OT – 20-T ACPH
    • Patient room – 4 TACPH
    • Isolation room -12 TAPCH

    Filtration level: Hospitals are unique in that infections reign wherever a person goes, and the fact that there are contained environments in which infected people are in close proximity with non-infected people, creates a cauldron in which the spread of infection is relatively quick.

    Airborne contaminants can have a serious effect on patients who have suppressed or weakened immune systems, and who are much more susceptible to lower grade airborne bacteria and viruses that would not affect people with healthy immune systems.

    Filtration level for different areas as per ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2017:

    • Three stages of filtration consisting of Pre-filters, Microvee (fine filter) & Terminal HEPA filters up to 0.3 micron particle size (Operating rooms, Protective Environment rooms).

    • Two stages of filtration consisting of Pre-filters & Microvee filters (fine filter) up to 5 micron particle size for clinical areas.

    • Single stage of filtration consisting of normal washable filters up to 10 micron particle size (For all non-clinical areas).

    Pressurisation: Certain rooms within a healthcare building should be positively or negatively pressurised with respect to surrounding areas. Positively pressurised rooms (i.e. for transplant patients, OT etc.) are usually designed to protect a patient, clean supplies, or equipment within the room. Negative pressurised rooms (i.e. infectious isolation room etc.) is used to contain airborne contaminants within a room and to avoid spreading to other adjacent area.

    IAQ is an important component when designing hospitals and healthcare facilities. Proper consideration must be taken to ensure that clean and fresh air is brought into the building, that the indoor air is maintained within specific air quality parameters. Also, the air should not allow to contaminate other indoor and outdoor spaces.


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    JAWS® Refillable Cleaning System Using Safer Ingredients to Eliminate Grime

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    TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Just Add Water™ System is an effective eco-friendly household cleaning system designed to reduce single-use plastic bottles, and provide safer, more effective cleaning solutions. JAWS® starts with a refillable spray bottle and a childproof cartridge of concentrated cleaning solution. Fill the JAWS bottle with water to the fill line, drop a cartridge into the neck of the bottle, and twist on the sprayer to release the concentrate.

    The JAWS® lineup of household cleaning solutions includes six EPA Safer Choice Certified formulas including JAWS Glass Cleaner, Daily Shower, Kitchen Cleaner, Floor Cleaner, Granite Cleaner, and Foaming Bathroom Cleaner. JAWS also offers a Multi-Purpose Cleaner and a one-stop Disinfectant Cleaner that kills 99.9% of viruses and bacteria.  

    Committed to sustainability and safer solutions, JAWS® EPA Safer Choice Certified products contain safe chemicals that provide equal or better cleaning performance than leading household cleaners. Many household cleaners, including those labeled as “all-natural,” may contain harmful chemicals, fragrances, and essential oils that can harm the surfaces in your home.  

    Essential oils, when used according to directions, may have a medicinal value, but when contained in household cleaners, they can be harmful. The unregulated inhalation of essential oils found in household cleaners can lead to a poisonous reaction if absorbed through the skin or swallowed, according to the National Capital Poison Center located in Washington, D.C. Children with immature livers and thinner skin are more susceptible to the poisonous effect of unregulated aspiration of essential oils. Additionally, essential oils can leave streaking, hazy residue, and possibly damage household surfaces. 

    According to the American Lung Association, most cleaning products release volatile organic compounds (VOC) which contribute to chronic respiratory problems and other chronic health conditions. JAWS® low VOC products contain no harsh solvents. All Solvents used are present on the Cleangredients List and/or are Safer Choice approved.

    A recent fad in household cleaning uses electrified salt water which claims to mimic the disinfecting power of ocean water. Continued use of electrified salt water in cleaning can damage wood surfaces, along with corroding aluminum, steel, and metal appliances.

    Saltwater cleaning solutions that come in contact with electrical devices, outlets, and circuits can severely corrode the surface protection. The saltwater corrosion can cause faulty connections, shorts, and fire hazards. 

    JAWS® is committed to providing household cleaning products made with safer ingredients. The innovative JAWS® cleaning solution is the safer alternative to tackling a variety of dirt, grime, and messes throughout the home safely and effectively. It reduces single-use plastic bottles while protecting your home from harmful cleaning chemicals found in most cleaning products. 

    About: A company committed to protecting the environment – JAWS® is a patented, innovative non-toxic cleaning system designed to reduce the environmental impact of packaging in conventional spray-cleaning products, conserving the resources required to produce and ship them, while trimming end-use plastic disposal. A Founding Principal of the Company is Stop Shipping Water. Contact: Sabrena Gartlnd – [email protected]

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