Kieran McBrien, Regional Director, EMEA of Novaerus Limited, Ireland

  • 01-02-2016 05:00:47
  • Health

“Our vision is that air borne infection at the hospitals is a massive issue across the world. Around 1,500 years ago Arab doctors used to wash their hands from vinegar before carrying out procedures. If you are continuously cleaning your environment or the bio burden on the surface, you are reducing the number of contacts points and the danger of contact points for your hands. Fundamentally the point is people have not been cleaning the air because it has not been possible to do it quickly and effectively at low cost. That is what now changing as technology is becoming cheaper every day. If you apply air quality technology as the first point of your infection control problem effectively, respiratory infections and air borne infections would be gone. It’s important to clean surfaces but if you treat your air consistently you would be able to reduce chances of infections that can take a toll on you.”