The Covid-19 pandemic does not slow down and profoundly affects our daily habits. Each of us must protect our own health and that of others. The vaccine and the use of masks and hand sanitizers are essential, they protect us individually, but the problem to be solved goes much further. To avoid the resurgence of the contagion, we must make sure that every internal environment is free from the presence of Covid-19, which, due to a distraction or lack of attention, would continue to spread, affecting us and others.
The recommendations invite us to open doors and windows to create air exchange, but also to use portable air purification systems taking into account the volume of the environment, the layout, the type of activity carried out, and the number of people present (see the World Health Organization document on Infection prevention and control during health care when coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
While for surfaces it is sufficient to frequently use sanitizers with a high virucidal and bactericidal power, for the air present in closed spaces (indoors) things become considerably more complicated. Pathogens are invisible and one infected person is enough to contaminate an entire environment, as reported by various researches.
Official documents of the Italian Istituto Superiore di Sanità, with recommendations on the sanitization of non-healthcare facilities in the COVID-19 emergency, and of the United States Environmental Protection Agency – Air Cleaners, HVAC Filters, and Coronavirus (COVID-19), in addition to others mentioned in the documents, describe in detail the functionality and effectiveness of sanitizing and air purifying devices in the fight against indoor pathogens and pollutants.
The AmbienteSafe™ (Advanced Methods for Better Indoor Environments using New TEchnologies) air treatment system, designed by Safetily® and integrated into our appliances, can eliminate viruses, bacteria, cat allergens, cigarette smoke, cockroach allergens, dog allergens, dust, formaldehyde, fungi, grass pollens, dust mites, dust mite debris, live dust mites, mold, animal dander, pollen, reduced chemicals, silkworm allergens, smoke, volatile organic compounds (VOCs). It manages to practically completely eliminate the presence of Coronaviruses, according to the tests carried out by the University of Bologna, Italy which certified on the basis of the data obtained that the environmental treatment of aerosols containing BCoV viral particles, representative of the coronaviruses including SARS-CoV2 (Covid -19), resulted in a loss of the amount of detectable virus up to 99.998%.
This extraordinary result is possible thanks to a carefully balanced combination of highly effective technologies that have been integrated and combined within our SpazioSafe™:
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NTP (Non Thermal Plasma) technology generates highly reactive hydrogen and oxygen ions by exploiting the water microparticles suspended in the air which manage to damage the proteins of the virus membrane. By applying the electrostatic principle to separate the molecules of water and oxygen transported by the air, hydrogen ions with a positive charge (H+) and oxygen ions with a negative charge (O2-) are produced which bind to the surface of bacteria, fungi, viruses , allergens and the like by breaking down the proteins on their surface
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Thanks to its porosity and chemical characteristics, air purification with an activated carbon filter is capable of adsorbing many particulates and pollutants such as dust, mold spores, smoke, traces of commonly used chemical products household, benzene and other VOCs. The activated carbon filter also helps eliminate unpleasant odors.
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PCO (Photo Catalytic Oxydation) technology is a chemical process that reproduces what happens in nature thanks to the sun. With the combined action of controlled-frequency UV-C rays, the humidity present in the air (≥20%) and titanium dioxide, it is able to destroy polluting substances such as bacteria, viruses, molds, as well as allergens and odors, without emitting harmful by-products. Organic materials are reduced to CO2 and H2O, inorganics to sulphates, nitrates. PCO generates hydroxyl radicals (OH) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in minute quantities – no greater than 0.02 PPM – which decompose bacteria and inactivate viruses. This process has been used by NASA to purify the air on the International Space Station.
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The polyester filter with three-dimensional molecular structure, patented, capable of capturing and destroying bacteria and viruses.
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The filter with HEPA technology (High Efficiency Particulate Air filter) with a high filtration efficiency, designed for the filtration of solid particles >0.3 µm captured in the air flow (class H13 according to the European standard EN 1822-1:2009)
Based on the data obtained from the tests carried out by the laboratories of the University of Bologna, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, “the environmental treatment of aerosols containing BCoV viral particles causes a loss of the amount of detectable virus greater than 99.99% (≤ 99.999 %), overall for the filtration process and for the sanitation programs tested. A reduction of the same order of magnitude is also observed for the residual infectivity of the virus recovered from the same samples, following a replicative cycle of 72h (99.998% In conclusion, the device tested under the described experimental conditions proved to be effective in removing and reducing the viral activity of the coronavirus investigated as a model system for the SARS-CoV2 (Covid-19) virus”.
