Sanuvox UV Air Sterilization Systems ability to destroy airborne Type A Influenza including Swine Flu (H1N1)
(Montreal, Canada) Sanuvox Technologies has been receiving inquiries following the recent swine influenza (H1N1 virus)
outbreak in Mexico, United States, and Canada as well as in other parts of the world. Sanuvox UV Air Sterilization Systems are
designed to destroy airborne biological contaminants including swine influenza.
Sanuvox wishes to inform the public on the ability of Sanuvox Ultraviolet Air Sterilization Systems to destroy the influenza virus
including those that fall into the family of Orthomyxoviridae. These include type A, type B and type C influenza viruses. The
World Health Organization has confirmed that these cases are a never-before-seen version of the H1N1 strain of the influenza
type A virus.
Using proprietary UV technology, the Sanuvox In-Duct Ultraviolet Air Sterilization System is designed to maximize exposure
time between the air and the UV germicidal energy. The UV system delivers the optimal UV dosage penetrating the cell
membrane destroying the DNA structure of the virus.
The Sanuvox UV Bio-Wall In-Duct Air Sterilizer has been tested by the US 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 Air Sterilization unit achieved on a single pass with no recirculation >99.97% destruction on S. marcescens
bacteria, 99% destruction on the MS2 virus and 93% destruction on B. atrophaeus bacterial spore.
McGill University in Montreal Canada has tested the Sanuvox portable / stand-alone UV Air Sterilization unit (P900GX) against
tuberculosis, and achieved a destruction rate of 90% while operating in the sputum induction room of the Montreal Chest
Hospital.
Sanuvox testing which has been completed by the US EPA, NHSRC and McGill University on bio-contaminants which require
up to ten times (10X) the dosage of UV energy to destroy in comparison to the weaker influenza virus.
In a 2003 report entitled Transmission of Influenza, Implications for Control in Health Care Settings [1] three modes of
transmission relevant to influenza are described. These include Contact, Droplet and Airborne. Airborne transmission entails
the production of infectious droplet nuclei, generally <5 μm in diameter, which, in contrast to droplets, can remain suspended in
the air and be disseminated by air currents in a room or through a facility to be inhaled by a susceptible host. Preventing the
spread of droplet nuclei requires the use of special air handling and ventilation procedures.” [1] Infectious Diseases Society of
America. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2003; 37:1095–1096
According to Dr. Normand Brais, President of Sanuvox Technologies Inc. “The use of Sanuvox high-intensity ultraviolet
germicidal systems can control the transmission of the airborne influenza virus thus preventing cross-contamination of building
occupants and co-workers.” Dr. Brais goes onto say, “Sanuvox UV systems are specifically designed to maximize exposure time
between the UV energy and the airborne contaminants in order to deliver the necessary UV intensity to effectively disinfect the
indoor air.”
To read the EPA / National Homeland Security Research testing on the Sanuvox UV Air Sterilization System please visit
http://www.epa.gov/ordnhsrc/pubs/600r06053.pdf .
For information on Swine Influenza (H1N1) please visit http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu .
Sanuvox Technologies manufactures UV Air Sterilization Systems which are installed into the ductwork designed to sterilize the
biological contaminants as they pass through the UV system. Sanuvox also manufactures mobile decontamination units and
stand-alone HEPA Filter / Ultraviolet Air Sterilization systems designed to destroy bio- contaminants while trapping particles
down to .3 microns in size.