Our Commitments
Our company’s strength lies in our ability to quickly develop innovative, reliable, and competitive products and solutions for air treatment and decontamination for healthcare institutions. This helps us create value for our customers, business partners, shareholders, and our staff.
Our Expertise/Accreditations
Our team is multi-disciplinary: engineers, microbiologists, and climate engineers.
WorldWide
ICARELIFE has a solid reputation in hospitals and clinics all over the world, especially in ASEAN too, as 40% of its turnover comes from export to 30 countries thanks to a large distribution network.
Background & Story
Ventilation plays a crucial role in maintaining a clean indoor environment. However, ventilation systems can also be major sources of airborne pollutants as a result of inadequate system design, distribution, cross-contamination, etc. Thus, air filtration technology plays a key role in protecting human health by removing indoor air pollutions, while also providing an alternative solution for reducing energy usage, operating costs and thus delivering a way to achieve sustainability. The main pollutants in the air can be divided into three categories: suspended particles, volatile organic pollutants and microorganisms. In terms of suspended particles, the main purification technologies are filtration, water washing purification, electrostatic precipitation and anion technology. Filtration is currently the most widely used purification technique of particulate matters. The most effective and commonly used purification method for harmful gases is adsorption. Because of its simplicity, effectiveness and low cost, activated carbon is a widely used adsorption material. In addition, photocatalytic and plasma cleaning technologies are also effective for the purification of volatile organic pollutants. For the elimination of microorganisms, the most efficient method is ultraviolet (UV) light, followed by photocatalytic and plasma purification. Filters are more effective in the case of bacteria with larger diameter, while they are not suitable for eliminating virus.
Fighting Against COVID-19
ICARELIFE supporting China to fight against 2019-nCoV
The risk of cross-contamination is the major issue to contain the outbreak.Ministries of health all over the world, WHO, CDC and eCDC, all recommend the implementation of contact precautions in addition to standard precautions. Most of them add droplets precautions and the CDC is also asking to keep infected patients in AIIRs (Airborne Infection Isolation Room) meaning negative pressure isolation room with HEPA filter for exhausting air.
Application in Hospital
The environmental risk: a concern for healthcare institutions
Care of fragile patients whose immune response is degraded, risk of cross-contamination, and protection of care giver staff oblige healthcare institutions to think about their risk management strategy. On the one hand, they must take specific protection precautions, and on the other, avoid any risk of transmission of pathogenic, and sometimes multi-resistant microorganisms.There are many environmental microbiological contamination vectors, among which air and surfaces play an important role.
Application in Lab
Some laboratories require a specific air quality with regard to their activity. Indeed, microorganisms, particles, some acid molecules, oxidizers, and volatile aromatic compounds can disturb or even threaten their results. Finally, laboratory staff may find themselves exposed to a chemical risk that is potentially harmful for their health.
