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Purge Virus is pleased to provide these indoor air quality (IAQ Services) to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 during the pandemic and help increase safety and productivity for years to come beyond COVID-19 for businesses in Maryland.
Allergens, chemicals, and volatile organic compounds are all around us from products we buy to furniture and interior finishes. With many workplace environments that have closed windows and central HVAC systems, we are vulnerable to “Sick Building Syndrome” (SBS). According to ASHRAE, the estimated productivity decrement caused by SBS symptoms has an annual cost of $60 billion. A 20-50% reduction in these symptoms, considered feasible and practical, would bring annual economic benefits of $10 billion to $30 billion.
Clean Indoor Air = Safety and Savings
ASHRAE Estimated potential productivity gains from improvements in indoor environments.
Reduced respiratory illness: 16 to 37 million avoided cases of common cold or influenza: $6 – $14 billion
Reduced allergies and asthma: 8% to 25% decrease in symptoms within 53 million allergy sufferers and 16 million asthmatics: $1 – $4 billion
Reduced sick building syndrome symptoms: 20% to 50% reduction in SBS health symptoms experienced frequently at work by approximately 15 million workers: $10 – $30 billion
Improved worker performance from changes in thermal environment and lighting (beyond SBS): $20 – $160 billion
IAQ Services offered by Purge Virus include IAQ Assessment, IAQ Site Visit, PTAC Units, Mini Split Systems, and Ceiling Cassettes. These services will help reduce the spread of COVID-19 and promote Indoor Air Quality for businesses in Maryland.
For more news on COVID-19 in Maryland: Bloomberg report finds Maryland slow to distribute COVID-19 vaccine
“A Bloomberg Magazine report found Maryland is the slowest state in the nation to distribute its allocated vaccine doses.
Reports indicate Operation Warp Speed's vaccine rollout is off to a slower than expected start. The Trump administration projected it would vaccinate 20 million Americans by year's end. With less than two days in the year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports just over 2.5 million people have received their first dose.
The Bloomberg report, which reviewed Maryland's vaccination data between Dec. 14 and Dec. 21, found the state used only 10.9% of its allocated doses during that timeframe.
In a statement sent to 11 News, the Maryland Department of Health said the state is ramping up its vaccinations. But the MDH said the state has only administered 19.2% of its supply. As of Wednesday morning, 36,669 Marylanders received their first dose of either Moderna or Pfizer's vaccine, 8,052 of whom got their first doses in the last day.
The MDH said it expects, with the arrival of this week's vaccine allotment, all essential front-line hospital workers will be able to get vaccinated.”
