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MICROCON®-- "The only patented
mobile hospital air purification system
specifically designed for removal of airborne contaminants
in Hospitals
and Health Care (Healthcare) settings."
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All our filter units
comply with CDC Guidelines, and are FDA 510K certified.
“An FDA 510K certification
is mandatory for air purification systems in hospital
use!”
Biological
Controls
Who we are, what we do, and why we do
what we do, for you!
MICROCON® Mobile Health Care Air Purification Systems (Healthcare)
and
Mobile Hospital Air Purification Systems
Located in Eatontown, NJ.
Biological Controls, is acknowledged as one of the foremost
companies providing products for health care (healthcare) and
related contamination control applications. Biological Controls
celebrates 32 years of serving organizations such as hospitals,
health care (healthcare) facilities, pharmaceutical companies,
research labs, electronic component manufacturers, and military
and government agencies with high-performance air purification
systems.
TB was on the rise in the early 90’s and Biological Controls
was approached in 1992, by a group of NYC hospital facilities
managers who were in desperate need of a mobile hospital air
purification system to eliminate infectious airborne pathogens
during the treatment procedures, of diagnosed or suspected TB
Tuberculosis patients and protect the physicians and staff.
Biological Controls, then began designing and building equipment
specifically for airborne infection control applications. Biological
Controls introduced the MICROCON® 800 Mobile Hospital Air
Purification System, primarily for use in hospitals, medical
clinics and health care (healthcare) facilities. By introducing
the MICROCON ® 800 the hospitals now had a portable and mobile
purification unit, they could position for either spot or permanent
applications.
MICROCON® was designed in a modular component configuration
to allow for the greatest flexibility of customization. The MICROCON® remains
the mainstay of Biological Controls’ product line. The
MICROCON® mobile hospital air purification system does not
restrict room use, since it's not a permanent installation, allowing
flexibility in planning patient load or room utilization.
MICROCON® 800/400 Mobile hospital air purification systems
are high-capacity air purifiers specifically designed to remove
hazardous microbial airborne particulate. They work by eliminating
sub micron-size infectious airborne particles from established
breathing zone areas, reducing airborne microbial migration and
the risk of inhalation. The product quickly became the market
leader in medical facilities air purification systems and health
care air purification systems utilizing a HEPA filtration system,
thereby reducing risk of airborne infection by removing airborne
pathogens that are contained in airborne diseases.
The mobile hospital air purification system can be placed beside
patients in isolation rooms and other critical areas of use,
including admittance, waiting and emergency rooms.The best results
are achieved when the MICROCON® air purifier is placed closest
to the source of the contamination. (This is called source or
control capture.) Capturing airborne contaminants at the source,
eliminates contaminant migration further reducing airborne infection
transmittal.
CDC Guidelines recognize that a hospital air purification system
and HEPA filtration system can play an important part in airborne
infection control of TB. Our entire line of products use HEPA
filters as a primary means of airborne infectious bacteria capture.
The HEPA filter is the heart of the MICROCON® mobile air
purifier, the same well-established and proven HEPA filtration
system and technology that is used and embraced by high tech
and medical establishments. When we combined the HEPA filtration
system with germicidal UV lamps (UVGI), which also have a long
and established track record, we produced an mobile hospital
air purifier that was immediately embraced by the Health Care
(healthcare) community for protection against airborne pathogens.
The MICROCON® 800/400 Mobile Hospital Air Purification System
proved to be an immediate success.
The MICROCON® 800/400 was the first mobile hospital air
purifier to address the safety concerns of health care (healthcare)
workers. The location and process of air intake and exhaust is
critical to the HEPA filter’s functionality and unique
level of performance. Design of a health care air purification
system was needed to take into consideration the medical staff
and caregivers working where the risk and exposure to airborne
pathogens is the greatest.
From the original MICROCON® 800/400 hospital air purifier
concept, a full range of other products bearing the MICROCON® label
have been introduced over the last 10-12 years. All our filter
units are certified as meeting CDC Guidelines, and carry a FDA
510K certification that exceed requirements in every case.
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Clean air purification systems, particularly those using mobile
clean air purifiers for airborne infection control in hospitals
and health care (healthcare) facilities (and other air purification
systems in general), are vitally important in the control of
airborne diseases and airborne infections, especially for drug
resistant strains.
The importance of rigorous performance recommendations was established
and led the CDC (Center for Disease Control) to institute guidelines
for controlling TB infection in hospitals, health care (healthcare)
and medical facilities. The CDC guidelines are enforced now by
some agencies concerned with patient and employee health, including
OSHA and JCAHO. JCAHO has incorporated the CDC guidelines into
their evaluation process and evaluates compliance as part of
the certification process.
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Biological Controls offers a wide array of hospital air purification
systems, health care air purification systems (healthcare) air
cleaners and other products designed to:
• Reduce risks of disease transmission
• Provide compliance with all regulations
• Provide flexible use in various applications
• Eliminate the need for expensive renovations to HVAC systems
Biological Controls products are used effectively in removal
of airborne pathogens, creation of negative pressure, monitoring
of pressure differential conditions and enclosures for use in
performing high risk procedures or holding patients who are known
or suspected to be at risk of transmitting airborne diseases
and airborne infections.
Assurance of Quality Performance
Rigorous testing of equipment for hospital air purification
systems and air cleaning is critical, since one cannot tell by
sight if it is performing properly and the particles are being
removed or the pressure differential is being maintained. Biological
Controls’ products have been tested extensively to assure
their efficacy and high level of effectiveness. Our products
are designed with visible controls and gauges to aid in monitoring
performance.
Each product is designed to perform a specific function in meeting
the CDC guidelines and engineering controls. They integrate to
form a hospital air purification system and health care air
purification systems (healthcare) that provides an inexpensive yet superior
performing alternative to standard engineering retrofits. Independent
documentation confirms the efficacy of the design of Biological Controls’ products.
HEPA filters by design are resistant to the passage of air.
Therefore, proper sealing of HEPA filters is essential to maintaining
the integrity of the system. Any bypass of unfiltered air compromises
the system. The CDC Guidelines address the need for adequate
sealing in health care air purification systems (healthcare).
Also a means of assessing the loading of the HEPA filter, is
necessary. Biological Controls’ products are all equipped
with a minihelic gauge (a pressure differential gauge designed
to monitor filter life expectancy). As the filter becomes clogged
with contaminants (thereby increasing resistance) the less filtered
air is delivered at rated flow. HEPA filters don’t become
less efficient with use only their airflow delivery diminishes
with use. The pressure reading on the gauge is an objective means
to determine the filter loading and degree of resistance on the
system. It is a much more accurate means than the more commonly
used, less costly and less accurate filter warning light.
HEPA Filtration Hospital Air Purification Systems and TB
TB is a highly infectious disease that requires removal of contaminants
from the air to prevent airborne transmission of the disease
There are two forms of TB: Type M tuberculosis: latent infection
and active infection. In mycobacterium tubercle bacteria/Type
M (mycobacterium) tuberculosis, only an individual with active
TB of the lungs or airways can spread the disease by coughing
and sneezing. Transmission is most likely to occur when individuals
are in close proximity for extended periods of time.
Most office settings and worksites do not involve the sustained
close contact needed to spread the infection. Many of the current
cases of TB (Type M tuberculosis) are found in those workplaces
that bring people into close contact with others who have active
TB Type M tuberculosis, such as health care (healthcare) facilities,
correctional institutions, and shelters for the homeless.
Some people with immune deficiency may be at a higher risk of
contracting TB (tuberculosis). Those with a significantly suppressed
immune system (due to poor health, chronic abuse of alcohol or
drugs, old age, chemotherapy for cancer, or HIV infection - human
immunodeficiency virus, the virus that leads to AIDS - are more
likely than a healthy person to develop active TB disease if
they already have latent TB infection or are exposed to a new
TB infection. The risk of developing active TB in an individual
who has latent TB infection but has an intact immune system is
very low (10 percent over a lifetime). However, the risk of developing
active TB for an individual with both human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) and latent TB infection is much greater (8 percent
per year).
High-Performance Mobile Hospital Air Purification Systems by
Biological Controls
The MICROCON® Mobile Hospital Air Purification Systems product
line provides airborne
infection control and protection throughout thousands of hospitals, medical,
and healthcare facilities (helathcare) and clinics across the US and
worldwide. Air purification designed in every configuration, air pressure
monitoring and creation of isolation rooms and enclosures are just some
of the products we offer.
Our air cleaners create a clean, safe environment by clearing
particulates, infectious air, and VOCs (volatile organic compounds)
from the air. All MICROCON® Mobile Hospital air purification
systems and related products are available through our online
catalog. They can be adapted for a wide variety of applications
and units can be ceiling mounted, wall mounted or portable. Read
on to learn more about the superior features of our air purification
systems.
Breathing Zone Filtration and Mobile Hospital Air Purification
System
The most critical area is your “breathing zone”,
the precise area that contains the air you breathe given your
position. It can extend from 3 to 7 feet from floor level and
it changes when you sit, stand or lie down. Any hazardous airborne
particulate suspended within this zone can be hazardous to your
health. Potential hazardous bacteria introduced into the air
by infected patients or through ventilation systems range in
size from .03 to 5.0 microns. They are invisible to the naked
eye and can remain suspended in the air stream indefinitely.
Our “breathing zone” design is based upon the source
or control capture concept. The CDC states, "Source control
techniques can prevent or reduce the spread of infectious droplet
nuclei into the general air circulation by entrapping infectious
droplet nuclei as they are being emitted by the patient (i.e.
source).” MICROCON® hospital air purification products
are designed for source control of these particulates within
the “breathing zone”.
Independent hospital testing of the MICROCON® Hospital Air
Purification System and Mobile Air Purification System has shown
that Biological Controls' 360 degree intake and exhaust airflow
pattern dramatically reduces particulate levels and maintains
virtual zero levels within the “breathing zone” as
long as the unit is operating.
The MICROCON® air purification series creates a CIRCUMFLOW® air
pattern within a room. The MICROCON® air purifier intakes
air within the “breathing zone” for source or control
capture, and exhausts filtered air at floor level. This sends
out a steady air stream that creates air currents and patterns
within a room at all levels. Suspended airborne particulate is
pulled into the unit and extracted from the “breathing
zone”. The HEPA filtered exhaust air dilutes and pushes
remaining air back into the area where it's collected.
No other units on the market replicate this unique feature as
it’s a patented process which has been documented and confirmed
to greatly improve the “breathing zone” filtration
within a room. Two models are available: the MICROCON® 800
and 400, both meeting the CDC requirements for HEPA Filtration
and exceeding recommendations for room air changes per hour (ACH).
MICROCON® mobile hospital air purifier systems delivers 2
to 5 times the recommended 12 ACH per hour.
MICROCON® is known as "the only mobile hospital air
purification system patented for removal of airborne contaminants
in Health Care (Healthcare) settings." Units by other manufacturers
with unidirectional airflow, one-side intake or one-side exhaust,
particularly where air intakes are located at the floor level,
can be ineffective or take much longer to capture contaminated
particles. These units’ performance worsens when their
exhaust blasts air out, usually from the top, scattering airborne
particulate all over the room. Since there is no consistency
to creating the airflow patterns these units can produce, erratic
air mixing leaves stale and stagnant air pockets within a room.The
CIRCUMFLOW® pattern is critical, because respirable particles
in the submicron size range, such as the Mycobacterium tubercle
bacteria, will float around the room, as will those particles
just over a micron in size, such as droplet nuclei. They are
propelled by air currents in the room and will not fall to the
floor. They are light enough to float for weeks or months with
no air currents, so they will remain suspended indefinitely when
air currents are present, unless there is a means of removal.
Omnidirectional Unidirectional Airflow
The CDC Guidelines for TB Control address the need for dilution
of airborne bacteria in rooms occupied by patients with known
or suspected TB infection. Dilution is a key engineering control
in prevention of the spread of TB.
The CDC explains that room air must be kept moving throughout
all areas of the room to achieve the necessary dilution. The
CDC guidelines discuss the need to test rooms and visualize air
movement with smoke sticks, since we can't see the bacteria in
the air or the dilution occurring. Corrective actions should
be taken if there is a lack of air movement anywhere in the room.
The CDC allows for the use of portable, mobile hospital air purifier
and HEPA filtration systems to help achieve the dilution of airborne
bacteria needed in a room. Click here to learn why and to see
drawings that show what happens: MICROCON®'s
Omnidirectional Unidirectional Airflow.
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Four 254 nm (nanometer) UV lamps provide Germicidal Ultra Violet
radiation .The 254 nm wavelength has proven effective in killing
most types of airborne bacteria and viruses. Coupled with a high
efficiency HEPA filter cell, the germicidal effectiveness of
the UV lamps is greatly enhanced. Four UV lamps are optional
on both MICROCON® 800 and 400. Lamp life expectancy is rated
at 6000 hours. Positioned downstream of the HEPA Filters, they
are fully shielded, eliminating the maintenance requirements
that other units on the market require when UV bulbs are directly
in the effectiveness. An electronic sensor bar continually monitors
bulb malfunction, and an hour meter registers system operation
time.
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Filter Replacement Capabilities
The MICROCON® series of mobile hospital air purification
products uses a built-in minihelic gauge to measure air filter
performance resistance, thereby monitoring filter replacement
requirements. Some units on the market use no gauge whatsoever,
while others simply rely on a non-objective "idiot" light
to determine filter performance.
Our systems lend themselves to "bag out" filter removal
procedures, which eliminate personnel exposure to contaminated
filters.Most hospital and health care air purification systems
on the market allow
direct exposure to contaminated filters, increasing the risk of exposure
to staff. These less-safe systems require compression of rubber gaskets
to assure proper filter sealing integrity. As the MICROCON® 800/400
mobile hospital air purifier is a modular self contained filter housing,
sealing integrity is assured and capture containment exposure is eliminated.
Negative Pressure Hospital Isolation Rooms and Environments
for Infection Control
The CDC recommends negative pressure isolation rooms for airborne
infectious diseases. Specifically for patients with known or
suspected infectious diseases such as Type M (Mycobacterium)
tuberculosis, the Varicella-zoster virus (VZW or varibla major),
Aspergillosis, the measles virus (rubeola), the smallpox virus
(variola major), SARS and biological contaminants.
The recommendations for negative pressure isolation rooms also
apply to areas where certain procedures are performed, including
bronchoscopy, endotracheal intubation and suctioning, open abscess
irrigation, and autopsy. Also, sputum induction and aerosol treatments
that induce coughing may also increase the potential for transmission
of M. tuberculosis. Monitor negative pressure isolation rooms
settings by utilizing our ACCUSTAT® Portable Monitor. See product
in our Online Catalog.
Negative Pressure Rooms, Negative Pressure Isolation Rooms,
and Negative Pressure Hospital Isolation Rooms.
You’ll find there are many rooms in hospitals, health
care (healthcare) facilities and other buildings that require
or benefit significantly from maintaining negative or positive
pressure. Areas where maintaining negative pressure can provide
infection control include ER rooms, waiting areas, triage areas,
morgue/autopsy and bronchoscopy suites, as well as:
Autopsy Room
Non-refrigerated
Body-holding Room
Patient Area Corridor
Physical Therapy & Hydrotherapy
Spaces
Personal
Care Room
ETO
Sterilization Room
Soiled
or Decontamination Room
Dental
Operatory
Laboratory,
General
Soiled
Workman or Soiled Holding
Sterilizer
Equipment Room
X-ray
Fluoroscopy
Occupational
Therapy
Bathroom
Personal
Care Room
Bedpan
Room
Dark
Room
Soiled
Linen & Trash Chute Room
Soiled
Linen (Sorting & Storage)
Janitor's
Closet
Laundry
Toilet
Room & Locker Room
Linen & Trash
Chute Rooms
Ware
Washing
Hospital Positive Pressure Rooms and Health Care Positive Pressure
Rooms (Healthcare) Facilities
Positive-pressure applications include protective environments
(PE) for highly sensitive patients such as those with immunologic
disorders (HIV) and certain chronic diseases (diabetes, cancer,
emphysema). Positive pressure is also recommended for allogeneic
hematopoietic stem cell transplants (HSCT), bone marrow transplants,
immunosuppressive therapy and placement in surgical suites, ICUs,
burn units, and laboratory or pharmaceutical areas, as well as:
Clean Linen Storage
Nursery Unit
Clean Workman & Sterile Storage
Operating Room (All Outdoor Air System)
Clean Workman or Clean Holding
Operating Room (Recirculating Air System)
Delivery Room
Pharmacy
Intensive Care
Recovery Room
Laboratory, Media Transfer
Trauma Room
Medication Room
ISOPORT* Isolation Enclosures
ISOPORT* utilizing a very thick .040 gauge vinyl panels and
assembled with an anodized aluminum tubular frame. The Isoport
can be constructed in available areas within a hospital and health
care (healthcare) facilities. Isolation enclosures encapsulates
and isolates the infected TB patient in a negative-pressure setting
while being administered aerosolized medications.
The CDC recommends negative-pressure enclosures for TB. High
risk areas where patients with TB are cared for and where diagnostic
and stimulate coughing treatment procedures are preformed. Procedures
and applications include: bronchoscopy, endotracheal intubation,
pentamidine treatments, suctioning, open abscess irrigation,
and autopsy. Sputum induction and aerosol treatments inducing
coughing may also increase the potential for transmission of
Type M. tuberculosis.
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MICROCON® ExC-BB Exhaust Series: Medical Centers Air Purification
System(s) and Health Care Air Purification System(s)
The MICROCON® ExC-BB EXhaust Medical Centers and Health
Care air purification system with HEPA filters. This air purifier
is specifically designed to remove hazardous microbial airborne
particulate. It uses filtered exhaust to control amounts of room
air to create negative pressure or positive pressure in hospitals,
and health care (healthcare) isolation environments. All units
interface with the ACCUSTAT®, which is a device that monitors
negative or positive pressure.
CDC, OSHA and JCAHO mandate usage of negative pressure isolation
rooms for patients known or suspected of having Tuberculosis
TB. Compliance within hours, at a fraction of the cost of engineering
regimentation. With the MICROCON® ExC-BB hospital air purification
system the filtered exhaust can be discharged outside or to a
ceiling plenum ventilation or return air system. The MICROCON® ExC-BB
can be mounted to a wall (shelf mounted) or ceiling.
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MICROCON® ExC-BUV Hospital Air Purification System
The MICROCON® ExC-BUV air purifier offers the same features
as the ExC-BB plus germicidal Ultraviolet (Ultra Violet) UV capabilities.
With the addition of four(4) Ultraviolet (Ultra Violet) UV lamps,
applications requiring Ultraviolet (Ultra Violet) UV will benefit
from improved performance and included HEPA filtration. The ExC-BUV
is ideal for in-room irradiation and filtration.
The four high-intensity UV lamps are located upstream of the
HEPA filters. This saves costs by eliminating periodic bulb maintenance
with prevention of particle buildup on the lamps exteriors, which
will significantly decrease their irradiation and effectiveness.
Filter replacement occurs from the room side.
The germicidal UV lamps are shielded and their performance status
is monitored constantly by a built-in digital hour meter and
electronic light sensor bar. HEPA filter performance is monitored
by built-in pressure differential gauge monitors to assure apex
performance levels. The built-in Minihelic pressure gauge aids
in monitoring of the pressure environment.
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MICROCON® Ex-BB with Germicidal UV Medical Centers Air
Purification Systems and Health Care Air Purification Systems
The MICROCON® Ex Health Care air purifier (Healthcare) provides
a means to exhaust air directly to the outside for rooms with
direct outside exposure. Because the contaminated air first passes
through a HEPA filter, there are no restrictions on releasing
it to the outside environment through a window or through-wall
induction, vents or room return air ducts. Germicidal UV lamps
are available in the units to aid in compliance with all CDC
guidelines.
The unit is designed for placement on a sill or shelf but can
be modified for various applications, including wall mounts and
placement flush to ceilings.
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MICROCON® WallMAP PC Portable Health Care Air Purification
System(s) (Healthcare) Facilities and Mobile Hospital Isolation
Rooms Air Purification Systems
The MICROCON® WallMAP PC Portable air purifier utilizing
a HEPA filter that is assembled utilizing a tubular frame, makes
it easy to position almost anywhere. Smaller exam and consultation
rooms that require high volumes of air changes can benefit from
strategic placement of the WallMAP Portable air purifier to save
floor space. Air Changes per Hour (ACH) requirements can be complied
with various speed settings so filtration will ventilate and
dilute hazardous airborne particulate specifically from the Breathing
Zone, the source.
The filter's intake can be placed directly in front of patients, while
health care (healthcare) physicians and staff members administer to their
patient’s needs. The flexible placement of the unit also accommodates
wheelchair patients and others who are less mobile.
The WallMap is designed to remove hazardous microbial airborne
particulate and bacteria during cough-inducing procedures. These
procedures include endotracheal intubation and sunctioning, diagnostic
sputum induction, bronchoscopy, and aerosol treatments such as
pentamide therapy. Other procedures which are likely to release
large quantities of pulmonary fluids are irrigation of tuberculous
abscesses and homogenizing or lyophilizing tissue.
The MICROCON® WallMAP for Negative Pressure Isolation Rooms
Positive Pressure Isolation Rooms, provides the same health care
air purification(healthcare) benefits but can be mounted to a
wall or ceiling.
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MICROCON® AS Portable Air Scrubber for Mold Abatement
During construction, renovation and disaster restoration projects,
potentially dangerous amounts of airborne particulate, mold spores,
bioaerosols, gas phase pollutants and odors are released into
the breathing air during and after the project.
The MICROCON® AS Air scrubber for Mold Abatement is a HEPA
filtered combination portable air scrubber and negative air machine
that provides mold abatement. It is designed primarily for use
during remediation, renovation and disaster restoration projects
large amounts of airborne particulate, mold spores, bioaersols
gaseous odors and pollutants are prolongingly produced. The MICROCON® AS
portable air scrubber removes and contains airborne pollutants
such as mold spores and other hazardous airborne debris generated
during the remediation process. Designed for versatility and
portability, it can be used as either a negative air machine
or air scrubber.
The MICROCON® AS portable air scrubber is compact, lightweight,
maneuverable and transportable. It is ideal for use in small-volume
applications and where space restrictions exist. The AS can be
used to create negative pressure by drawing air from an enclosed
space using flexible ducting, allowing contamination to be contained
and prevent migration of pollutants outside the pressurized area
during construction and or renovations.
The MICROCON® AS portable air scrubber provides the required
high-volume air changes per hour (ACH). It creates negative air
pressure and is an ultra-convenient means of achieving HEPA filtered
in-room air cleaning. The AS is capable of the removal of gas
phase pollutants by adding carbon cell filter at a high CFM capacity.
It comes equipped with a recessed control panel, pressure gauge,
hi/off/low rocker switch, circuit breaker, and electronic digital
hour meter.
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ACCUSTAT® Portable Monitor Negative Pressure Hospital Isolation
Rooms and Positive Pressure Hospital Isolation Rooms. Also for
use in Health Care Air Purification Systems. Stationary Models
are available.
Accurate pressurization is vital in creating a controlled and
safe environment that complies with standards. A quality monitoring
device can help you maintain accurate pressurization in hospital
isolation rooms and other critical applications
The ACCUSTAT® Stationary Model is a room pressure monitor designed
for monitoring low, negative or positive pressure differentials.
The P1 is a portable unit for monitoring multiple locations for
greater flexibility. The BMS is a building management system
with two remote monitoring possibilities: direct interface with
the building management system or through a localized remote
module. The BMS can be tied into a BAS/EMCS system. It provides
alarm contact and a monitor for visual or audible annunciation.
An optional Remote Monitoring Panel allows monitoring of status
of up to six rooms, with bi-color visual and audio alarm features.
Monitoring low, negative or positive pressure differentials.
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ACCUSTAT® Portable Monitor Negative and
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MICROCON® CD-HUV (MCDHUV) with Germicidal UV HVAC Business
Management Air Purification System and Health Care Air Purification
System(s)
Recent biohazard and bioterrorism threats offer additional challenges
to law enforcement and health care (healthcare) workers. The
breadth of Biological Controls' product line provides many products
that effectively address these issues.
The CDC recognizes UV Germicidal lamps like those utilized in
the MICROCON® HUV products to irradiate Anthrax spores. Ultra
violet (UV) lights and HEPA, or High Efficiency Particulate Arrestors,
filters particles at a rate of 99.97% at 0.03 microns. As Anthrax
spores are generally 1 to 5 microns, the HEPA filter systems
in our air safety products removes the contaminated particles
from the air, providing a safe breathing environment and reducing
risk of infection.
Protection against particulate and gas phase pollutants is necessary
for personnel in law enforcement and health care (healthcare)
environments. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends
germicidal UV irradiation and HEPA filtration in all related
applications.
The MICROCON® CD-HUV (MCDHUV) with Germicidal UV utilized
in a Sherifs’ Offices Command Center as an application
for clean air and gaseous odor removal An air purification system
for such environments. It is a balanced combination of UV irradiation
and HEPA filtration that activates carbon cells for gas phase
pollutants. With a minimum efficiency level of 99.97% on particles
0.3 microns in diameter, HEPA filters effectively reduce Aspergillus
spores (1.5 to 6 microns) to well below measurable levels.
UV has proven to be effective in reducing and eliminating microorganisms,
bacteria, fungi, mold related to allergies, cold and flu viruses
and most airborne infection and airborne transmitted diseases.
In addition, carbon is recommended by the CDC for reducing and
eliminating bioaerosols, VOC's (Volatile Organic Compounds) and
other gas phase pollutants.
The MICROCON® CD Health Care Air Purification System. The
CD is a ceiling-mounted three stage progressive health care air
purification system and HEPA filtration system (healthcare) designed
for
the removal of both airborne pollutants and gaseous contaminants from
indoor environments. It is
comprised of a synthetic prefilter to contain large size airborne particles,
a secondary hospital-grade
pleated filter cell removing 100% of airborne particles. The third stage
for removal of gas
pollutants a unique carbon or charcoal composite cell is utilized which
allows for higher absorbency
than comparable carbon cells.
It contains multidirectional exhaust louvers using the patented
CIRCUMFLOW® Air Pattern. Air changes, filtration, dilution
and gas phase contaminant removal with the MICROCON® CD will
provide a much healthier environment.
The MICROCON® CD-HUV (MCDHUV) has an air delivery rating
of 55,000 cubic feet per hour with maintenance-free mechanical
components, 24/7 operation, and a quiet operating system for
comfort. It is used in highly sensitive environments, such as
to avert migration of airborne particulates from seized drugs
that could become contaminated and unusable evidence. It protects
employees from contaminants such as blood-borne pathogens from
all forms of evidence (clothing, jewelry), lead dust from weapon
storage, and drug off-gassing.
The MCDHUV Air Purification System meets requirements for law
enforcement organizations, US government agencies, public works
superintendents, vehicle maintenance managers, fire/EMS departments,
emergency service personnel, contractors, engineers and architects,
schools, childcare centers and nursing homes.
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MICROCON® Arm: Mobile Hospital Air Purification System
and Health Care Air Purification System. Adapts to the Isoport
Hospital Isolation Room Enclosure.
Biological Controls offers custom engineered solutions for diverse
applications such as: operating rooms, postoperative recovery,
autopsy rooms, laboratories, emergency medical services, hospices,
long-term care facilities, correctional facilities, dental settings,
home health care (healthcare) settings, medical offices and waiting
rooms. The MICROCON® Arm is a MICROCON® 800 Mobile Hospital
Air Purification System adapted for use with an Isoport.
IAQ Indoor Air Quality Pollutants
The demand for clean air is expanding rapidly, mainly due to
employer and general public awareness that clean air in the workplace
is of significant value and concern to all.
Our clientele has expanded to include restoration of air quality
issues to a perfectly cleansed and unmarred environmental condition;
removal of diesel/vehicle exhaust, carbon monoxide gas, chemicals,
chemical fumes, and other fume issues like HVAC intake/exhaust
jet fuel, mold, mildew, paint and glue; tobacco / smoke; dust
and particulate removal at construction sites for personnel and
the general public; environmental air from saws and stagnant
air electronic equipment, grinding and paper found in office
buildings, command centers / secure areas, garage work, bay areas,
fire houses / fire stations / EMS / rescue; surrounding area
of building demolition; odors and fumes from diesel / oil, dumpster
rooms, rest rooms, locker rooms, and sewer plants; disaster restoration
from flood, mold, hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, oil spills and
sewage backup; spills including hydrocarbons, heavy metals, diesel
fuels, petroleum; infections diseases such as tuberculosis and
SARS are treated with MICROCON® Mobile Hospital Air Purification
Systems negative pressure and positive pressure products, CBR
(Chemical Biological Radiation); bio hazards (CDC approved methods)
HEPA filtration and combination HEPA and ultraviolet filtration;
ultraviolet in the air handler, CDC - Chemical Biological Radiation;
negative pressure positive pressure and CBR - Chemical Biological
Radiation; odor issues can also be averted.
Protection from the Flu Virus
MICROCON® Mobile Hospital Air Purification System products
meet stringent AIA and CDC guidelines for health care (healthcare)
infection control. HEPA air purification systems and scrubbers
from Biological Controls provide high-capacity, high-efficiency
protection for physicians, nurses, patients and staff from all
types of airborne pathogens and pollutants.
Our MIROCON® Air Purification products can even help contain
flu viruses, as the risk of exposure to the flu increases in
enclosed areas. Health officials define the flu high-risk category
as people older then 65 and chronically ill, pregnant women,
nursing-home residents, children 6 to 23 months old, health care
(healthcare) and childcare workers, and children on chronic aspirin
therapy.
Hospital Air Purification Systems and Health Care Air Purification
Systems Facilities (Healthcare) Clean Air Overview
Over the past 13 years, thousands of acute care facilities,
hospitals and other health care facilities (healthcare) have
turned to Biological Controls to help meet their airborne infection
control requirements. These proven, cost-effective products have
given rise to significant cost savings on major construction
and renovation, helping control costs that would otherwise be
passed on to the
consumer every year.
Prepare Your Health Care Facility (Healthcare) to Prevent Transmission
of Airborne Pathogens and Meet Stringent CDC Guidelines with
Biological Controls’ Health Care Air Purification System(s)
Health Care facilities (healthcare) are turning to Biological
Controls to protect patients and staff from airborne pathogens
and pollutants. Acute health care facilities (healthcare)are
especially at risk, along with:
Outpatient surgical centers
Urgent care centers
Physicians' offices
Medical Clinics
Outpatient dialysis centers
Skilled nursing facilities
The Most Effective Means of Compliance with CDC Guidelines
We believe that once you understand the CDC guidelines, you'll
understand why our products offer you the best means of compliance.
This is based upon design philosophy that each piece of equipment
is designed to satisfy a particular problem, and each problem
can be satisfied by an individual or combination of products
that complement each other.
Sections of text are extracted directly from the Federal Register
Vol. 59 No.208, 10/28194, to compile this text below. This is
not meant to be a substitute for the Guidelines, but a general
overview of specific sections relevant to Biological Controls
and its products. To download a copy or review the CDC Guidelines,
go to http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5417a1.htm?s_cid=rr5417a1_e
Our How to Comply with CDC Guidelines is directly below
the pertaining subject matter's following most relevant and related
eleven (11) links.
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