Motel Room Disinfection for COVID-19 in Alabama

PTAC Units: A Packaged Terminal Air Conditioner is a type of self-contained heating and air conditioning system commonly found in motels. 

Motel owners face increasing challenges with COVID-19 to adequately disinfect guest rooms and promote safety in Alabama

We are pleased to provide this information below from Purge Virus regarding their offerings for Motel Room Disinfection 

The Purge Virus team provides multiple solutions that include UV light, Photoplasma, and Bipolar Ionization. The Bipolar Ionization solutions have been well received, because in addition to helping to prevent the spread of COVID-19, they also remove odors from sources such as tobacco and cannabis.

PURGE VIRUS DOESN’T MAKE PTAC UNITS…THEY RETROFIT THEM TO DISINFECT INDOOR AIR.

For Purge Virus to match the available technology to your in-room HVAC systems, you can let them know the manufacturer’s name and model # of your PTAC Units. From there Purge Virus will provide you with a free assessment of the most applicable solution. The average cost of equipment and installation per room is coming in at $550-$650. Purge Virus also offers zero upfront cost financing over 3-5 years. The monthly cost can be as low as $10 per month per room. 

Learn more about Bipolar Ionization here: Bipolar Ionization

For some motel owners, portable devices may make the most sense for small lobbies or in certain rooms. Learn more about Potable Disinfection Devices here: Portable Devices

Purge Virus can help you navigate the complexity of disinfection choices: CONTACT PURGE VIRUS

NEWS on COVID-19 in Alabama: https://www.al.com/news/2020/12/doctors-treating-some-covid-patients-at-home-as-alabama-hospitals-run-low-on-beds.html 

Dr. Blayke Gibson works at the front lines of the COVID pandemic in the emergency department at UAB Hospital, where she sees some of the state’s sickest patients.

But as beds fill up at UAB and across the state, Gibson and her colleagues are increasingly sending some of them home as part of a program designed to treat borderline cases outside of the hospital. UAB has purchased inexpensive pulse oximeters that can be sent home with patients and allow them to monitor their oxygen levels remotely, saving hospital beds for patients who are sicker. Doctors follow up by phone or video call within 24 hours and frequently after that, to make sure the patient isn’t getting any worse.

Gibson said the program was modeled on one developed at Weill Cornell Medicine in the spring, when hospitals in New York struggled with an influx of COVID patients. Gibson said she and her colleagues select patients at low to moderate risk and the resources to follow up with doctor’s visits.

“What we do is send them home with a pulse oximeter,” Gibson said. “We teach them how to use the devices when they leave. We teach them about an ambulatory saturation test. We give them protocols for when they may need to return to the ED.”

The pandemic is forcing UAB and other medical providers to make the best use of hospital resources. Patients who don’t require mechanical ventilation may not benefit much from being admitted. Treatments such as remdesivir that are administered to hospitalized patients haven’t been shown to reduce mortality rates.