PURE THOUGHTS
They’ve long been used to tackle odour, dust and germs, but now air purifiers have taken on new importance as workers and students return to physical attendance and COVID-19 cases remain steady. Over the course of the pandemic, it has become clear that good quality indoor air – when combined with physical distancing, mask wearing, and cleaning and sanitising – can play a powerful role in any sound COVID-19 risk reduction and management strategy. Air purification is especially helpful in spaces where it’s difficult or unviable to circulate natural air from outside.
Your facility’s purifier needs will be influenced by your space’s size and purpose. Many additional factors, such as what exactly you want to control with it, should also be considered. Let FM clear the air; take a look through our guide.
WHY PURIFY?
A solid clean air strategy should begin with a carbon dioxide (CO) monitor. Measuring parts per million in the air is a useful proxy, an indicator of how quickly you are ventilating, or not ventilating, the air. The risk of airborne transmission is higher in poorly-ventilated areas. As Bruce Milthorpe pointed out in an interview last year, “The virus may come in with an infected person, but when they leave the room, the virus doesn’t leave.” Cycling outside air in, then, is a way to ensure airborne particles don’t remain. It can be as simple as opening a window, but this is not always a possibility.
