April 06, 2004

By: Haily Bishop
Website: http://www.1st-in-wellness.com

Air Filtration Products Help Healthcare Facilities Prepare For Bioterrorism Response

Abatement Technologies is reporting a significant increase in the demand for its HEPA-CARE isolation room products since the events of, and subsequent to, September 11, 2001.

Founded in 1985, Abatement Technologies, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of indoor air quality remediation products for healthcare, commercial, industrial, HVAC, and governmental clients. The company’s HEPA filtration systems for hospital isolation rooms and other applications are used by more than 1,000 healthcare facilities throughout North America.

The company is utilizing its extensive experience in designing special HEPA filtration systems for TB isolation rooms to help in the battle against bioterrorism, according to David Willyard, Abatement’s vice president of sales.

Our HEPA-CARE systems are Class II medical devices that enable hospitals and other facilities to quickly and economically convert standard patient rooms into isolation rooms, in accordance with engineering guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Demand for these products has been extremely strong according to Mr.Willyard.

While the company does not make any efficacy claims for anthrax, Mr. Willyard does believe that the company’s products can help: The similarities between TB and anthrax are very striking from an air filtration perspective: Both are rod-shaped, grampositive bacteria, with a typical size of two to five microns.

The gel-seal HEPA filters used in our HEPA-CARE systems are individually tested and certified to a minimum filtration efficiency of 99.99% at 0.3 micron. We believe that these filters can effectively capture anthrax spores.

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