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    Sterilising the air you breathe

    SARS1.

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    The World Health Organisationwarns that Severe Acute

    Respiratory Syndrome, or

    SARS, is a new global threat

    Source: World Health Organisation

    WHO officials outside a Hong Kong housing estate

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    What it Does:

    Medixair:

    Kills 99.999%* ofAirborne Pathogens

    Proven Performance Protects People

    *See Websitewww.medicaire.com for further details

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    Airborne DiseasesSpread Quickly:

    Test by Penn State University: A highly infective TB patient

    Placed on the 1st floor of an average 10 storey

    building (with HVAC air distribution)

    Resu

    lts: After 8 hours: a person on the 10th floor wouldhave accumulated enough total exposure to have

    achieved a 33% risk of contracting tuberculosis

    Clearly the possibility ofcontracting a disease in

    a typical office building exists

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    Kill RatesKill Rates

    Source: Microsearch Laboratories (UKAS accredited)

    Result: Kills 99.999%* of micro-organisms

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    Pathogen Identification:Coronavirus

    Source: Airborne Respiratory Diseases & Mechanical Systems forControl ofMicrobes - By W. J. Kowalski,P.E. Graduate Researcher, WilliamBahnfleth, PhD, P.E. Assistant ProfessorThe Pennsylvania State

    University- Architectural Engineering Department

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    Kill RatesKill Rates

    Source: Microsearch Laboratories (UKAS accredited)

    Result:A 59% reduction in the bio-burden (even when challenged

    from a higher external input load)

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    SevereAcute Respiratory

    Syndrome (SARS) It is a potential fatal disease that is being spread around

    the world by air travel -

    Coronavirus is believed to be the chiefcause

    (US data CDC)

    One of the pathogens that cause the common cold Particle size: 0.11 microns small enough to be airborne

    Spread through coughing and sneezing Pathogens are projected and become airborne

    The disease is spreading at Breakneck speed (WHO) Confirmed Cases Rising Daily; and

    Mortality rates are at high

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    The Risksare Global World Health Organisation has recommended no-one

    travel to certain regions: This recommendation will be for more than one region

    and continent

    People everywhere are at risk and changing their plans

    CNN Poll: Would the warning from the World HealthOrganization make you change your travel

    plans?

    Yes 92

    %

    2524votes

    No8%

    215votes

    Total: 2739 votes

    People are being ordered to remain at home in quarantine:

    One city state has ordered people believed at risk fromSARS to stay home for10 days or face fines

    Dr.Carlo Urbani, an expert on communicable

    diseases, has died SARS.

    The disease spreads at breakneck speed (WHO)

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    Why Medixair?

    Proven Kill 99.999%

    Designed for effective control of airbornedisease

    Safe & easy to use

    Protects You, YourCustomers & YourEmployees

    Proven Performance Protects People

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    Further information available from

    www.medicaire.com

    www.medixair.com

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