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| reliable, flexible and cost effective air purifier. | | | | excess or 99.97% for particles of 0.3um and |
| In these days, natural pure air is nearly impossible | | | | larger. With it's certified and independently |
| to get (unless you're living in one of remote | | | | type-tested filtration efficiency IQAir® passed |
| mountains, that is). This of course is a sad fact, | | | | this test. |
| while The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of | | | | In the case of a SARS emergency, the |
| America estimates that 50 million Americans | | | | self-contained mobile IQAir® filtration system |
| suffer from all types of allergies (that is, 1 in 5 | | | | can immediately be positioned next to the SARS |
| Americans!) | | | | patient's bed. The flexible suction arm is positioned |
| And that is why if you are now looking to buy an | | | | near the patients face to capture airborne |
| air purifier to protect and improve the living quality | | | | droplets that are expelled by coughing and |
| of yourself, your family and your loved ones, I | | | | sneezing. The contaminated air is then drawn into |
| would say congratulations! It is a wise step indeed. | | | | the system and filtered in a 3-stage filtration |
| Ok, so we all know that nothing is 100% perfect | | | | process. At the final filtration stage IQAir®'s |
| in this world, but at least, I can share with you | | | | independently type-tested HyperHEPA® filter |
| that there is, actually, an air purifier that is | | | | will remove even the tiniest of airborne |
| attested to be the most efficient, reliable, flexible | | | | particulates, including the SARS virus, with a |
| and cost effective solution by a highly reliable | | | | minimum efficiency of 99.5%. As a result the risk |
| institution. | | | | of infection within the patient's room can be |
| It was, indeed, chosen by the Hong Kong | | | | greatly reduced, thus providing a safer working |
| Government Hospitals for use in the SARS | | | | environment for health-care personnel and |
| patient rooms. | | | | reducing the possibility of spreading of the disease. |
| The name is IQAir®. | | | | IQAir® systems have been used at many |
| IQAir® is the air purifier system that came as | | | | world-leading health-care and research institutions, |
| the winner of the test by Hong Kong | | | | including Harvard University, King's College Hospital, |
| Government to find the most efficient, reliable, | | | | German Allergy & Asthma Society, |
| flexible and cost effective solution, back to those | | | | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), |
| time where SARS was threatening to a high | | | | University Health Network, Oklahoma Medical |
| degree. The selection process was carried out by | | | | Research Foundation, and many more. |
| the Hong Kong Government. They evaluated the | | | | Nowadays IQAir® system is available in |
| suitability and performance of many filtration | | | | several variants, for example: |
| systems, including IQAir®. With the help of a | | | | IQAir Healthpro Plus Air Purifier, IQAir Healthpro |
| laser particle counter the EMSD tested the actual | | | | Compact Air Purifier, |
| filtration efficiency of each filtration system | | | | IQAir Healthpro Air Purifier |
| The efficiency tests quickly verified that most of | | | | Make the best decision, and start living a better |
| the systems fell well short of the removing | | | | life. |