Using Passive UV Air Disinfection Fixtures at Home and at Work
It’s important to understand how best to use a UV Air Disinfection fixture to help sterilize and sanitize your indoor air. A passive system like the Wyckomar UV-Air250 or the UV-Air1500 will operate silently to provide a “disinfection zone” in the upper room air (above your head). As air circulates in the room it will pass over the top of the UV-Air fixture and enter the disinfection zone where the germicidal light can kill a wide variety of disease-causing pathogens including virus and bacteria (see partial list below).
The multiple passes of the room air over the UV fixture is the mechanism that provides the disinfection effect. Over time the viral and bacterial load in the air is reduced. This additional barrier can be an important part of your everyday disinfection and sanitation routine along with the standard measures we are all familiar with including masks and sanitizer sprays etc.
Locate the UV Disinfection fixture in common areas at home such as kitchens and living rooms. At work you can locate the fixture in higher traffic areas and common spaces including hallways. Be sure to choose the correct UV-Air model for your space and use more than one fixture where room size, traffic and air current patterns warrant.
The passive nature of the Silent Sentry means that you can boost your own peace-of-mind and increase the confidence your customers have in your business. The visible blue light emitted over the fixture indicates to everyone that the system is actively disinfecting and sanitizing the surrounding air from virus and bacteria.
Helping get us back to “normal”
Wyckomar UV Air
Germicidal UV is highly effective against all major known airborne pathogens
- Rhinoviruses (Common cold)
- Adenoviruses (e.g., Common cold)
- Picornaviruses (e.g., Common cold, hepatitis A)
- Influenza A virus (Flu)
- Coronaviruses (MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2)
- Herpes simplex virus (Cold sores)
- Measles virus (Measles)
- Norovirus (Gastroenteritis aka Stomach flu)
- Rotavirus (Diarrhea)
- Varicella-zoster virus (Shingles, Chickenpox)
- Neisseria meningitidis (Meningitis)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Tuberculosis)
- Streptococcus pneumoniae (Pneumonia)
- Bacillus anthracis (Inhalation anthrax)
- … and many more