The Latest News
The experts are continually updating their recommendations. See what they are saying about indoor air quality.
Nov 2020 Harvard Study: Schools for Health
“Healthy building strategies that improve air quality and clean surfaces should be incorporated as part of a layered defense against COVID-19…Portable air cleaners with high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters may be useful to reduce exposures to airborne droplets and aerosols emitted from infectious individuals in buildings.”
CDC: Recommends Portable High-efficiency HEPA Filtration in the Workplace
“Consider portable high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) fan/filtration systems to help enhance air cleaning (especially in higher risk areas such as a nurse’s office or areas frequently inhabited by persons with higher likelihood of COVID-19 and/or increased risk of getting COVID-19).”
ASHRAE: Recommends Portable Room Cleaners with HEPA Filters for Businesses
“For those buildings that remain open… non-HVAC actions include… Consider portable room air cleaners with HEPA filters.”
WP: Stimulus $ for Nursing Homes
“More than 9,000 are in line for funds as federal government puts a financial priority on holding back disease for the first time.”
AHA: Latest Guidance for COVID-19
“Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Hospital Association (AHA) has been developing valuable tools and resources to help hospitals and health systems respond to the crisis. With concerns about new surges in COVID-19 and potential complications during a concurrent flu season, this resource aggregates select AHA resources to help your organization and caregivers meet the challenges.”
Track COVID-19 Cases Across US
See case trends, laboratory, community impact, and unique populations. Total deaths as of October 28, 2020: 225,985
NPR: Coronavirus Tracker
“More than 8 million people in the U.S. have had confirmed coronavirus infections and more than 225,000 have died of COVID-19. Tens of thousands of new cases are reported daily nationwide.”
World Health Organization (WHO): Covid-19
See world-wide Covid-19 statistics.
International Laboratory for Air Quality and Heath & Institute for Applied Environmental Health
“…airborne transmission appears to be the only plausible explanation for several superspreading events investigated which occurred under such conditions e.g., and others where recommended precautions related to direct droplet transmissions were followed.”
CDC Updates “How COVID is Spread” Webpage
“Today’s update acknowledges the existence of some published reports showing limited, uncommon circumstances where people with COVID-19 infected others who were more than 6 feet away or shortly after the COVID-19-positive person left an area.”
OSHA: COVID-19 - Control and Prevention
“In emergency situations when workers have exposure to suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patients, and anytime when performing aerosol-generating procedures, use standard precautions, contact precautions, airborne precautions, and eye protection (e.g., goggles or face shields) to protect dentistry workers.”
CDC: Role of Businesses and Employers in Responding to COVID-19
“Implement controls according to the hierarchy of controls to protect employees and the public. “
CDC: Guidance for Dental Practices
“Consider the use of a portable high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) air filtration unit while the patient is undergoing, and immediately following, an aerosol generating procedure.”
Dr. Jason Ellis, Ridgeline Dental
Video: Dr. Ellis demonstrates how the RECIRCULATOR II helps him exceed Class A compliancies in his operatories and waiting areas.
AAPS: Threat to Medical Help
“So, while doctors sit idle, your medical conditions remain untreated. Doctors’ revenues are plunging by more than 55%, and expenses continue. Will your doctor’s practice survive?”
Atelier Salon, San Jose CA: Safety Protocols
Video: The RECIRCULATOR II hospital-grade air purification system is spotlighted on KPIX tv’s report on July 8, 2020, helping a salon in San Jose reopen amid pandemic concerns.
OSHA: Importance of Health & Safety in Small Businesses
“Safety is good business. An effective safety and health program can save $4 to $6 for every $1 invested. It’s the right thing to do, and doing it right pays off in lower costs, increased productivity, and higher employee morale.”
CDC: Portable Air Filtration Recommended for Schools of Higher Education
“Use portable high-efficiency particulate air fan/filtration systems to help enhance air cleaning (especially in higher risk areas such as the IHE health office).”
ASHRAE: Isolation Rooms in Schools
… Student health facilities need to have temporary isolation rooms during pandemic in addition to waiting room … Isolation rooms must follow ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170: Negative Pressure to 0.01 inches of water; twelve air changes (HEPA recirculation allowed); all air exhausted to outdoors (exhaust grill above exam table). Student health facilities need to provide minimum two isolation rooms (conduct risk assessment) …
EPA: Improving Indoor Air Quality
“Consider using portable air cleaners to supplement increased HVAC system ventilation and filtration.”
The New England Journal of Medicine
“Our results indicate that aerosol and fomite transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is plausible, since the virus can remain viable and infectious in aerosols for hours and on surfaces up to days (depending on the inoculum shed). These findings echo those with SARS-CoV-1, in which these forms of transmission were associated with nosocomial spread and super-spreading events,5 and they provide information for pandemic mitigation efforts.”
CDC Acknowledges Airborne Transmission
“After removing guidance from its website acknowledging “airborne” transmission, the agency cited evidence that indoor air can carry virus-laden particles.”
CDC: Clean air in schools
“Consider ventilation system upgrades or improvements and other steps to increase the delivery of clean air and dilute potential contaminants in the school.”
OSHA: Implementing Workplace Controls
Businesses need to install high-efficiency air filters and increase ventilation rates in the work environment to improve indoor air quality.
CDC: Reopening schools
“Aside from a child’s home, no other setting has more influence on a child’s health and well-being than their school.”
World Health Organization vs. Recent Studies
As new studies emerge, Dr. John Campbell looks at the changing perspective of the World Health Organization and predicts changes to air quality guidelines.
New York Times: COVID-19 Spike in Jails
“Prison officials have been reluctant to do widespread virus testing even as infection rates are escalating.”
UNDARK.ORG - Science & Society
“Gensler has been helping hospital systems figure out how to convert existing examination rooms to accommodate additional emergency beds.”
Dr. Jason Ellis, Ridgeline Dental
Video: Oregon dental practice uses the Recirculator II as its hospital grade air purification system.
ANSI/ASHRAE: Space Ventilation
Where does your business or practice fall within the ANSI/ASHRAE ventilation requirements? Did you know that a diagnostic imaging waiting area needs an ACH of 12? That an outpatient surgical facility operating room needs an ACH of 20?
AHCA/NCAL: Emergency Preparedness
“If you wait for a positive test, it’s probably too late, since it can come into the facility and be silently spreading before you see symptoms in staff or residents.”
CDC: Covid-19 in Small Workplaces
“…this outbreak exemplifies the threat posed by SARS-CoV-2 with its propensity to cause large outbreaks among persons in office workplaces. Targeted preventive strategies might help mitigate the risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection in these vulnerable group.”
CDC: Nursing Homes
“Educate Residents, Healthcare Personnel, and Visitors about COVID-19, Current Precautions Being Taken in the Facility, and Actions They Can Take to Protect Themselves”
Quality Indoor Air is Easier to Achieve Than You Think
The RECIRCULATOR II has been protecting people against airborne threats for over 15 years. It’s an easy and essential way to combat and eliminate viruses like COVID-19, pollen, mold, chemicals, bacteria, smoke, and other contaminates before they harm you, your employees, and your customers.