Berlin is preparing for emergencies! With a construction time of only four weeks, a hospital with space for 500 coronavirus patients and around 130 ventilators has been built virtually overnight on the site of the Berlin exhibition centre. An empty exhibition centre has been converted. An external wing made from containers serves as a respite area for the medical personnel, as the hospital is a hygiene-sensitive infection area and it understandably may only be entered by people wearing the appropriate protective clothing and masks. But it’s not only Berlin that is gearing up. In many places there are plans for auxiliary makeshift hospitals to be set up in sports halls, exhibition centres or other halls that are not in use to aid the response to a new wave of infections.
In order to eliminate the risk of air-borne infection in emergency makeshift hospitals, Trotec is offering the new TAC V+ high-performance air purifier.
Only a combined overall solution of hygiene measures (disinfection), masks, sneeze guards using partition walls and additional high-frequency air purification can reliably and permanently reduce the risk of infection with the coronavirus. Every ill patient coughs infectious aerosol clouds into the room which spread far in exhibition centres that have been converted into lightweight shelters, for example, even across temporary partition walls.
Virus-carrying aerosols in the air do not adhere to distancing rules!
Aerosol particles carrying pathogens are, as potential virus transporters, the real source of danger in supply stations! The primary goal is, therefore, to contain breathing air as much as possible, so that no-one breathes in the virus particles breathed out by other patients.
How do you protect yourself from free-roaming aerosols which are released into the air when speaking loudly, coughing or sneezing?
“We have always been specialists in room air filtration and, as a Heinsberg company, we started work on a solution that would really help and not just provide supposed protection as soon as the first cases were announced,” explains Trotec Managing Director Joachim Ludwig. “Masks and sneeze guards are one thing. However, all experts now agree that aerosols, some of which remain in the air for hours, pose the greatest risk of infection. The aim must therefore be to filter them out of the room air.”
And the TAC V+ zone air purifier from Trotec does this in the best possible way.
When we speak, cough or sneeze, we not only expel large, visible droplets into the room in a kind of “mist” (known as moist speech), but also – and to a much greater extent – tiny particles called aerosols. These suspended particles are only a thousandth of a millimetre in size, invisible to the naked eye, and in sick people, bacteria or viruses cling to these particles. These tiny aerosol particles are particularly infectious because they are inhaled deep into the lungs, while large droplets immediately sink to the ground after sneezing or coughing.
Without protective measures, coughed-out pathogens spread over a large area in seconds and remain infectious in the room air for up to several hours.
There is only one thing that can help against the spread of viruses through the room air: constant air purification to filter the illness-causing aerosols from the air before they are inhaled by other people in the room. Sneeze guards, maintaining a minimum distance of 1.5 m and wearing simple mouth and nose masks do not offer effective protection against infectious aerosols, as, from time to time, these particles rise by up to several metres into the air like smoke and only slowly sink to the ground over a large area after several hours – even penetrating behind supposedly safe sneeze barriers – and long after the person coughing has left the room. Due to their size, infectious aerosol particles can be breathed in through mouth and nose masks. If the room also has an air conditioning system, this leads to additional spreading of the viral aerosols throughout the entire room.
Rely on maximum protection from infections with the most virus-free room air possible: The TAC V+ air cleaner makes it possible.
The TAC V +, which is now available to buy or rent, was developed in Germany and is the perfect solution for establishing virus-free zones in:
- Emergency hospitals for coronavirus patients, auxiliary hospitals
- Auxiliary makeshift hospitals, emergency shelters, quarantine stations
The high-frequency air purification of the TAC V+ filters 99.995% of pathogenic viruses out of the air and reduces the risk of infection to a minimum.
The risk of becoming infected with the coronavirus through room air when observing distancing regulations is significantly reduced when using a Trotec TAC V+ air purifier with virus filter! No matter whether in patient care areas, quarantine stations or in hygiene-sensitive areas for intensive-care medicine, the TAC V+ can filter infectious aerosol clouds out of the air in almost all rooms in seconds. Wherever the mobile air purifier TAC V+ is placed, it creates a sanitised and virus-filtered “clean work area”. In these zones, the ambient air remains free of airborne germs and viruses because the TAC V+ takes in considerable draws in the polluted room air near the floor and cleans it with an effective Hepa virus filter.
“Plug & Play” setup! No installation, no complicated connection process. Simply plug it in and immediately ensure the maximum level of protection possible against infection!
Maintenance-free room air purification – without interrupting business
The TAC V+ has a thermal self-cleaning function so that medical personnel can concentrate undisturbed on their important work. The filter decontaminates itself completely automatically, overnight, for example, to reliably protect against pathogenic germs and viruses in the room air during the day!
Thanks to its globally unique combination of filter and decontamination technology, the TAC V+ safely reduces the airborne risk of infection in all areas where many people congregate at the same time.
You cannot ask for more protection, and you shouldn’t demand less:
- Compliance with all hygiene regulations
- Distancing rules and sneeze guards to protect against droplet infection
- Air purification to reduce the airborne risk of infection
Useful information about the HEPA filter (H14 HEPA virus filter), with a transmission level of ≤ 0.005 %
The H14 virus filters specially developed by Trotec for the TAC V+ and the TES 200 impress with their first-class filter efficiency and innovative performance characteristics. With a transmission level of only 0.005% and a separation efficiency of 99.995%, they offer 10 times the separation efficiency of conventional H13 filters.
Thanks to these first-class properties, H14 high-performance filters are even used in operating theatres for clean air production and in other comparably hygiene-sensitive areas. These are the best prerequisites for protecting both patients and medical personnel from the risk of airborne infection during rampant epidemics.
All the H14 high-performance filters offered by Trotec meet the highest quality requirements which are obligatory for filtering bacteria and viruses:
- Each H14 high-performance filter is individually tested and given its own serial number.
- The test report is enclosed with each H14 filter in duplicate as a certificate.
- The original test certificate can be filed away and a copy attached to the air purification device when required.
- H14 HEPA high performance filters are tested according to EN 1822 and EN 60335-2-69.
Trotec has developed special high-performance air purifiers for almost every occupational safety application
In addition to the TAC V+ high-performance air purifier, Trotec also offers other air purifiers such as the TES 200 or the TAC 6500. We can supply you with free-standing air purification solutions as required as well as air purifiers for integration into your existing room air system! Our technical advisers will be pleased to discuss which device best suits your application in a personal meeting with you.
Professional crisis management – supported by Trotec of Heinsberg
Trotec has set up a team of consultants to answer any questions pertaining to the coronavirus specifically for requests of support from the local authorities, government agencies and hospitals. As a company based in the coronavirus hotspot of Heinsberg, we know about the current worries and problems when it comes to the provision of health care and gladly share this expertise with you:
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You can reach our consulting team Monday to Friday from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm on +49 2452 962-400. You can also reach our team at the email address online-uk@trotec.com.
