EAGLE HILL SCHOOL FIRST TO USE RXAIR® UV LIGHT AIR PURIFIERS CAMPUS-WIDE TO COMBAT AIRBORNE VIRUSES

• RxAir® UV-C Light inactivates 99.9% of airborne viruses, bacteria, mold & fungi
• Teachers more comfortable teaching in-person with RxAir in use
• Guardian-X offering discounts to education institutions for bulk RxAir orders

Worcester, MA and Hardwick, MA, Oct. 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hardwick, Massachusetts Eagle Hill School  (EHS), a boarding and day school for grades 8-12, is a few of first schools in the country to do a mass installation of the RX Air UV-C Light Air Purifier Systems throughout its campus, including classrooms, common areas and dormitories. Rx Air 400 air purifiers are FDA Certified Class II medical devices proven to destroy 99.9% of airborne bacteria and viruses, including multiple Coronaviruses, H1N1, MRSA, pneumonia, strep, TB, measles, influenza, and the common cold through extended exposure to high intensity UV-C lights1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Rx Air also neutralizes odors, indoor pollutants, and VOCs (volatile organic compounds).

Eagle Hill School installed 95 Rx Air units —enough for every classroom, resident hall, fitness center, dining commons, and other social common areas. Each portable RX Air unit provides up to six complete air changes per hour (ACH) for an 800 square ft. room to minimize risk of infection from airborne diseases for the school’s staff and students from 31 states and 11 countries.

“Eagle Hill is the premier school in the world for students diagnosed with learning disabilities,” stated Dr. PJ McDonald, Eagle Hill Head of School. “All students, especially those with learning disabilities, need and deserve to be taught live and in-person as opposed to online. Rx Air is a critical part of allowing that to happen. The difference between the education that Eagle Hill students are receiving right now and that provided to most of the high school students in America is dramatic, and, critically, it will have a lasting and compounding effect in their favor for years to come.”

Our company is establishing an ambassador partnership with Eagle Hill School whereby Eagle Hill will serve as a showcase for peer schools to demonstrate how Rx Air UV Light air purifiers can help improve air quality and reduce risk of infection from airborne pathogens, resulting in healthier students and teachers.

“Eagle Hill has invested extensive time and resources into ensuring the safety of its students and staff.” “We welcome Eagle Hill as our Rx Air ambassador partner to show how to conduct in-person education successfully and safely. We are offering all schools and universities discounted pricing to help keep in-person education safer and healthier for students and staff.”

Eagle Hill’s teachers are thrilled to be teaching in-person.

“The fact that our school was willing to invest in UV air purifying technology to create a healthy and safe teaching and learning environment allows me to walk into my classroom each day with confidence and inspiration,” stated Eric Stone, Eagle Hill English teacher. “We are so fortunate to be teaching live and in-person during this pandemic.”

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on October 5, confirmed that COVID-19 can be transmitted via airborne means.7 Concurrently, a group of U.S. scientists more strongly warned in the medical journal Science, that aerosols lingering in the air could be a major source of COVID-19 transmission.8 Microscopic aerosolized viruses and bacteria expelled when people talk, breath, cough and sneeze can hang in the air like smoke for hours waiting to infect one who inhales them. Other airborne diseases include Influenza, pneumonia and other Coronaviruses that cause the common cold. Therefore, continual air disinfection is critical to reduce risk of infection.

Rx Air’s ability to inactivate airborne pathogens helps create a healthier learning environment. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports that poor indoor air quality “can reduce the productivity of teachers and staff due to discomfort, sickness or absenteeism.” 9

Devon Jurczyk, Eagle Hill Director of Facilities noted, “There is no question that masks, distancing, sanitizing, and Covid-19 testing are all critical elements of maintaining a safe environment, but from a physical plant perspective it all starts with the air we breathe. And importantly, not only does the Rx Air’s UV technology kill or inactivate bacteria and viruses more effectively than traditional purifying systems, their filter-less system makes it human-proof. There is no way we would have the manpower or the budget to change out filters as often as would be necessary to fight the virus and we’re happy there are no filters laden with trapped active pathogens to touch.”

Dr. Bryan Stone, MD, Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Chief of Medicine Emeritus for Desert Regional Medical Center , and a member of the Board of Directors, concurred, “Rx Air is not a substitute for other infection prevention measures, but instead is a valuable complement to infection prevention protocols. The main advantage of Rx Air is that it continually swirls air past powerful germicidal UV-C lights for a high intensity dose that inactivates or kills more than 99.9% of viruses, bacteria, mold and fungi.”

COVID-19 has disrupted supply chains around the world. As a result, Rx Air is currently beginning to fill its back orders for units. Rx Air expects that orders placed now will to ship in approximately two weeks. Expedited shipping is available for bulk orders. To order, visit www.guardian-x.com