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hygienic concerns have given air filters a new and expanded
role in hospital applications. The purpose of today's hospital
air filtration is to provide patients, staff, and visitors
with a high degree of protection form airborne micro-organisms
that can cause infection, disease, and even death. Air filters
perform this function by:
Preventing micro-organisms from entering the hospital.
Protecting the occupants from re-circulated air that has
been contaminated by micro-organisms that may have grown
in the hospital or entered through unfiltered openings.
Arresting non-pathogenic particulates from the air, thereby
removing a transport mechanism for bacteria.
It
should be noted that filtration alone cannot provide a guarantee
that infectious, allergenic or irritating particulate matter
will be controlled in a hospital. However, in this age of
escalating health care costs and tightening budgets, the
use and maintenance of high quality filters should be actively
pursued because of their potential to provide significant,
long-term cost reductions and improved health care.
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