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Sanuvox UV Air Purification Systems Ability to Destroy Airborne Methicillinresistant...

Sanuvox Technologies has been receiving inquiries following the media attention given to the MRSA outbreaks in the United States. Sanuvox wants to inform the public on the ability of Sanuvox Ultraviolet Air Purification Systems to destroy the Staphyloccus aureus bacteria (MRSA). The In-Duct Sanuvox UV Bio-Wall Air Purifier has been tested by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC) against biological warfare agents. Installed into the ventilation system, the Sanuvox UV Bio-Wall Air Purifier achieved on a single pass 99.97% destruction on S. marcescens bacteria, 99% destruction on the MS2 virus and 93% destruction on B. atrophaeus bacterial spore.

As an example, the Germicidal UV dose needed to accomplish 99.9% destruction on MRSA is �6,500 microwatts-sec/cm�. The Sanuvox UV Bio-Wall achieved 99% destruction on MS2 virus which requires �45,000 microwatts-sec/cm� for 99.9% destruction. Given that the MS2 virus is approximately 7X more resilient to Germicidal UV, the Sanuvox UV Bio-Wall can easily achieve 99.9% destruction of MRSA on a single pass. To read the EPA / National Homeland Security Research Study visit www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/ar_mrsa_ca_public.html.

Although MRSA is primarily transmitted through direct contact, growing evidence suggests that airborne dispersal transmission of S. aureus can attribute to an increase in transmission. According to C.B. Beggs, Aerobiological Research Group, School of Engineering, University of Leeds "It is concluded that although contact-spread is the principle route of transmission for most infections, the contribution of airborne micro-organisms to the spread of infection is likely to be greater than is currently recognized." Indoor and Built Environment, Vol. 12, No. 1-2, 9-18 (2003).

According to a research team from Wake Forest University School of Medicine N.C. "strong data support airborne transmission (of Staphylococcus aureus) from health-care workers to patients."

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