The Air-in-Space Plasmair mobile air-decontamination system from Tristel combines effective microbial destruction with fast airflow kinetics for efficient and continued environmental decontamination.
The unit delivers 99.999 per cent single-pass microbial elimination and is especially valuable in areas such as haematology and transplantation wards - as these house immuno-compromised patients, which are vulnerable to opportunistic infections such as aspergillosis - as well as in operating theatres and intensive care.
Its efficacy has been proven in multiple trials and studies from leading researchers around the world, including the UK's Health Protection Agency at Porton Down Laboratories and the Harvard School of Public Health in the US, which have both validated the efficiency of the HEPA-MD (High Efficiency Particulate Arrestance - Microbial Destruction) reactor at the heart of the system.
Originally developed for use in the MIR and ISS Space Stations, Plasmair inactivates, destroys and eliminates a large spectrum of airborne molecular compounds and micro-organisms including fungi, bacteria, viruses and spores.
Via the HEPA-MD technology in the Plasmair systems, airborne micro-organisms are first exposed to strong electric fields and to oxidative species in unique non-thermal plasma chambers.
Highly charged materials exiting these chambers are then captured by electrically active media for complete decontamination.
Finally, airborne molecular compounds are eliminated in a catalytic converter.
The new air-decontamination system, available exclusively from Tristel, is self-contained and easy to deploy.
By combining three technologies in a single reactor unit, this quiet, compact system is capable of abating up to 90 per cent of airborne contamination from a 60m3 room in as little as 20 minutes.
Consistent particulate and biological targets of less than 10CFU/m3 - equivalent to ISO 7 using the ISO 14644-1 cleanroom standards - can be achieved.
Most importantly, these excellent levels of performance are robust and traceable.
