hydrogen peroxide in the passenger compartment that will in turn eliminate viruses and bacteria. So, it will go after and seek out any type of microbe, whether it be viral or bacterial, and eliminate it.” Hedgecock said a third-party lab tested the technology for the elimination of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 and claims greater than 99-percent efficacy. “What is unique about this test is that it was performed with the actual SARS-CoV-2 virus in an 8-foot-wide by 8-foot-tall by 20-foot-long chamber,” he added. Though the active purification system has yet to be used on school buses, Hedgecock said that Green Bay Metro in Wisconsin was the first to adopt it. Link Transit and Kitsap Transit in Washing- ton state plan to retrofit their entire fleets with the technology, as do CapMetro in Austin, Texas, and Sunshine Line in Tampa, Florida. Another company that specializes in air quality for buses is
Lumin-Air, which offers a retrofit solution that uses germi- cidal UV at 254 nanometers. The company said all of the UV is contained in an enclosure as part of the bus ventilation system to disinfect recirculated air before reentering the bus. Student passengers and transportation staff are not exposed to any UV, and no ozone, hydrogen peroxide, ions or other disinfectants are distributed onto the occupants or into the air they breathe,
99%of school districts/ bus companies have increased
disinfecting of school buses due to COVID-19 (Out of 185 responses)
76% of school districts/bus companies require school bus drivers
to wipe down the seats/high-touch areas after every run
(Out of 184 responses)
82% of respondents said they know the composition of the
chemicals their staff is using to clean (Out of 184 responses)
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