Why Use An Air Scrubber?
Using an air scrubber during mold/dust cleanup is extremely important for health and liability reasons. If mold or other hazardous materials are released in the air they may contaminate neighboring areas of your home or office which were previously un contaminated. Mold spores may travel via the air to other parts of a building, and can colonize clean carpets, walls, ducting, clothing or furniture in clean areas.
Each machine can move, filter and clean up to 2000 cubic feet of air per minute (CFM). Air scrubbers have triple stage filtration with HEPA filters. The HEPA filter will capture small particles such as mold, bacteria, asbestos, lead, dust and many other airborne contaminants. Air scrubbers will continuously clean the air and provide a clean, healthy and productive environment. An alternate general purpose filter is available strictly for dust particles rather than using the HEPA filter. They can also be easily moved around on four wheels.
Hospital-grade air scrubbers remove infectious, deadly airborne pathogens and purify the air to create protective environments for hospitals and healthcare facilities.
Benefits:
These Air Scrubbers will save time, money and is much more effective in containing contaminated areas compared to other methods.
Common Environments & Situations Where Air Mover Purification Machines Are Used:
| • Hospitals |
• Patient Containment |
• Asbestos & Mold Abatement |
• Construction Sites |
| • Crime Scene Clean-Up |
• Healhcare Facilities |
• Diagnostic & Treatment Rooms |
• H1N1 Isolation |
| • Drywall Dust Air Cleaning |
• Virus Infection Air Control |
• Paint Fume Air Cleaning |
• Renovation Projects |
| • Bioterrorism Preparedness |
• Environmental Remediation |
• Disaster Remediation Projects |
• Patient Isolation Rooms |
| • Bio-Hazard Removal |
• Building Remediation |
• Water & Fire Restoration |
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What is HEPA?
A HEPA filter is a type of high efficiency particulate air filter. This type of air filter can remove at least 99.97% of airborne particles 0.3 micrometres in diameter. Particles of this size are the most difficult to filter and thus the most penetrating particle size. Particles that are larger or smaller are filtered with even higher efficiency. HEPA filters are the most effective air filtration filters to remove Contaminants from the air.
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Beginning in April 2010, federal law will require that contractors performing renovation, repair and painting projects that disturb lead-based paint in homes, child care facilities, and schools built before 1978 must be certified in the new EPA Renovation, Repair & Painting Rule (RRP) and follow specific work practices to prevent lead contamination. Visit www.epa.gov/lead/ for more information regarding the new lead laws.
Those who have already completed a one-day Lead Safe Work Practices course or lead abatement certification are eligible to complete the Remodelers Refresher course. Any prior Lead Safe Work Practices training is not sufficient to meet the requirements of this new Federal Law. After April 22, 2010, the EPA, or a state agency enforcing the regulations, can fine a company $37,500 per infraction, per day. The new rules also render companies vulnerable to the threat of a civil suit for noncompliance.
Lead Remodelers and Renovators Certification & Refresher Course information can be found by visiting: www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/toolkits.htm |
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