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Reduce
your flu risk with Trane CleanEffectsTM . Study
Reveals Trane CleanEffects™ Removes More Than 99 Percent of
the Influenza A Virus . .
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During
flu season and throughout the year, families are exposed to
viruses that circulate in the air they breathe indoors, so
taking measures to prevent illness makes sense. Getting a flu
shot, eliminating germs on surfaces through cleaning, and
washing hands often are important steps to avoid getting the
flu.
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Yet,
many people are still susceptible to the virus in the air in
their home. The main way influenza viruses are spread is from
person-to-person in respiratory droplets of coughs or sneezes1.
Now, first-of-its-kind research conducted by researchers at
the Harvard School of Public Health, in collaboration with
scientists at Environmental Health and Engineering Inc.,
(EH&E) shows that Trane CleanEffects™, a whole-house air
filtration system, removes more than 99 percent of the common
flu, or influenza A virus from the filtered air.
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Because
of the similarities among types of influenza viruses, Harvard
and EH&E researchers concluded that Trane CleanEffects
will remove more than 99 percent of other forms of the virus,
including influenza B, influenza C and avian influenza (also a
strain of influenza A virus) from the filtered air.
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The
tests involved releasing the common flu virus into the air
inside a test heating, ventilation and air conditioning duct.
The removal efficiency was calculated from the amount of the
common flu virus measured in air samples collected before and
after passing through the Trane CleanEffects system.
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“By
removing the vast majority of the common flu virus from a
home’s re-circulated air, the average airborne concentration
of the virus in the home is reduced, thereby lowering airborne
exposure to the virus for household occupants,” said Dr.
David MacIntosh, instructor at the Harvard Extension School,
and principal scientist at EH&E.
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Trane
has received Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA) registration from the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA). Trane is the clear industry leader in EPA
compliance for FIFRA as the first whole-house air cleaner to
obtain a FIFRA registration number. “In a home with central
forced air and a conventional 1-inch filter, the average virus
particle would recirculate through the home about seven times
before depositing on a surface or being transported outdoors.
That’s more than enough time to breathe in the virus, and
cleaning the air in your home is an important step to improve
the health of your home environment,” said MacIntosh.
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“People
with allergies and asthma are potentially at a greater risk of
catching the airborne flu virus. Additionally, patients with
asthma may have a more severe course of the flu because of
their underlying airway damage. For this reason, we recommend
that anyone with asthma take all measures to prevent acquiring
the flu. These test results are very important because they
demonstrate that installing a whole-house air cleaner, such as
Trane CleanEffects, can add another layer of protection
against the flu for patients with allergies and asthma,”
said Dr. Paula Busse, M.D., allergy and immunology specialist,
Mount Sinai Medical Center.
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Trane
CleanEffects utilizes patented breakthrough air cleaning
technology to eliminate allergens and particles you don’t
want in your home, such as dust, pollen, bacteria, pet dander,
mold spores, smoke and now the common flu virus. It even
removes particles as small as .1 microns – 1/1,000th the
diameter of a human hair – the size that eludes most air
cleaners. To put this in perspective when it comes to the
common flu, a single influenza virus is around .1 micron in
diameter. Trane CleanEffects is 100 times more effective than
the standard 1-inch filter found in most home central systems,
removing up to 99.98 percent of airborne particles and more
than 99 percent of the common flu virus from the filtered air.
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“With
the highest clean air delivery rate in the industry, the Trane
CleanEffects whole-house system is another powerful tool in
battling the flu virus at home,” said Steve Arnholt, indoor
air quality systems leader for Trane.
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Trane
CleanEffects™ utilizes patented, breakthrough air cleaning
technology to remove 99.98 percent of airborne particles and
allergens from your home’s filtered air, more than any other
air cleaning system.
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