Study to Determine the Difference in Reduction of Bioaerosols in a Long-term Care Facility

ConditionAir Pollution
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age19+
SponsorC-Polar Innovations

About this trial

This is a CONTROLLED PROSPECTIVE COHORT study of a long-term care facility. At the start of the study a dedicated section A of the facility ventilation system will have routine HVAC filters of the same dimensions installed, while section B of the same facility ventilation system will have C-POLAR (cationic polymeric coated) HVAC filters installed. There will be continuous Indoor Air Quality monitors (PM 2.5, CO2, VOC, Radon, Temp, and RH) installed at different vent locations throughout the long-term care facility for the duration of the study. Air samples with an Airport MD8 BAMS machine will be taken once a week at various vent locations at the long-term care facility.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

None

Disqualifiers

None

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Use of C-Polar coated HVAC Filter versus conventional HVAC Filter

    Other intervention

    comparing the difference in reduction of bioaerosols between HVAC filters.

Treatment groups

100 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: comparing the difference in reduction of bioaerosols between HVAC filtersOther 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

The primary endpoint is comparing the difference in reduction of bioaerosols between MERV 13 HVAC filters.

The aim of this study is to determine the difference in reduction of bioaerosols in a long-term care facility with MERV 13 C-POLAR (cationic polymeric coated) HVAC filters compared to conventional MERV 13 HVAC filters.

Time frame
Nine Months

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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C-Polar Innovations

Lead sponsor

Kelowna General Hospital

Collaborator

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