The IsolationAir® System helps meet medical surge benchmarks from the office of the assistant secretary for preparedness and response:

Helps hospitals meet or address these critical benchmarks and Capability 4. Medical Surge, Objective 2:

• Activity #9 Enhance Infectious Disease Preparedness & Surge Response
• Activity #6 Provide Burn Care during a Medical Surge Response
• Activity #1 Develop Emergency Department and Inpatient Medical Surge Capacity and Capability
  [Ensure Immediate Bed Availability by rapidly… using non-traditional spaces; Critical Care: rapidly expand capacity by adapting… areas for critical care]

 View the IsolationAir infographic here.

The IsolationAir System also meets the guidelines for the following organizations:

1. CDC guidelines for infectious disease control in health care facilities
2. Minimum of 12 air changes per hour via HEPA filters
3. Use portable units as needed to augment ACH – recirculating room air
4. Maintains minimum pressure differential of 0.01” (+ or – depending on the application)
5. Maintains dehumidification controls
6. Maintains backup ventilation – can be portable units – for emergency provision
7. Ultraviolet light can be used for supplemental control
8. AIA guidelines for design and construction of hospitals, incl. heating and cooling control to 75 °F
9. ASHRAE – Chapter 7 in Applications Handbook regarding health care facilities

In addition, the system performs the following critical functions:

• Removes airborne particles with HEPA filtration
• UV light is used to sterilize airborne viruses and bacteria on the HEPA
• Either negative or positive pressure control (negative for quarantine)
• Isolates the room from the central system using temperature control

Learn more about isolation spaces and sterility.