AeroMed Introduces Products To Help Combat SARS

AeroMed, Inc. of Amsterdam, NY introduced plans today to begin marketing aerosol treatment chambers to help combat SARS in healthcare facilities. AeroMed, a leading manufacture of HEPA air purification systems for infectious disease control, began work on the product in the fall of 2002. Originally designated for use for patients suspected of having tuberculosis, the product has additional application with the recent onset of SARS.

AeroMed, Inc. of Amsterdam, NY introduced plans today to begin marketing aerosol treatment chambers to help combat SARS in healthcare facilities. AeroMed, a leading manufacture of HEPA air purification systems for infectious disease control, began work on the product in the fall of 2002. Originally designated for use for patients suspected of having tuberculosis, the product has additional application with the recent onset of SARS.

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, GA, multiple hospitals have reported cases of SARS among health care workers who were present during aerosol-generating procedures performed on patients with SARS, suggesting that aerosol-generating procedures may increase the risk of SARS transmission. The CDC is recommending healthcare facilities to review their strategies to protect health care workers during these procedures. The recommendations apply to the performance of aerosol-generating procedures in patients with suspect or probable SARS.

The AeroMed ATC (Aerosol Treatment Chamber) is an isolation chamber that a patient sits in during the administration of procedures such as aerosolized medication treatment and diagnostic sputum induction. The chamber is under negative pressure relative to its surroundings and all air that exhausts from the chamber is passed through a HEPA filter.

According to company president, Bill Palmer, many health departments throughout the United States have already made inquiries into the product for their chest clinics. The product also has many applications in hospitals and nursing homes he added. Palmer says that other products manufactured by the company such as their portable and ducted HEPA filtration units may also help meet the recommendations made by the CDC to combat SARS in health care facilities.

Additional information regarding these products may be obtained by visiting the companies WEB site at www.myAeroMed.com or by calling toll free at 866-692-3766.