Fantastic Results Achieved in Year Long Field Trial !
To complement laboratory tests conducted out by highly reputable and authoritative organisations, Vie Master have undertaken a number of Field Trials with the SafeAir equipment. These were specifically targeted at proving the sterilization capabilities of the equipment in "Real World" environments. Most significant of the Trials was recently conducted in a large children's nursery at a site employing 27 members of staff and with around 80 babies and children of pre-school age. This trial ran for approximately one year and comprised a number of periods either with or without the machines being operational.
Air samples were taken before and after the installation of SafeAirTM equipment, and significant reductions (of upto 70%) in the presence of airborne bacteria were observed.
By inspection of past absence records it was verified that there was a year on year issue of staff absence due to illness, and in three stages over a total duration of 75 working days (15 weeks) while the SafeAirTM equipment was either not installed or was deliberately switched off, 94 days of relevant staff absence were recorded. This equates to an average of 1.25 staff days being lost per working day. From records held by the Centre Management a relevant absence was one that, from its description, could be seen to be due to infection by airborne pathogens.
It can be seen from the graphs below that the results achieved at the Trial Site (number 1 on the graph) is very consistent with those achieved at other sites. For reasons of Commercial Confidence it is not appropriate to reveal the identities of these sites, however, more information can be supplied subject to confidentiality agreements should you care to contact Vie Master Ltd.
With SafeAirTM equipment installed and running, staff absence was monitored over a total duration of 237 working days (47.4 weeks), during which time the staff absence figure reduced to an average of 0.28 days per working day.
This represents a 77% reduction in staff absence ! ! !
It was noted that employees being sent home during the course of a working day due to illness were not recorded as absent. Nevertheless, it was reported by Centre Management that such incidences were virtually eliminated during the weeks with the SafeAirTM equipment installed and running, but when the equipment was either not installed or was not running there were frequent incidences of members of staff being sent home due to illness.
Comments from members of staff indicated that they suffered from far fewer ailments and experienced significantly improved wellbeing while the SafeAirTM equipment was running and it was confirmed by the Centre Management that staff were able to work more efficiently because of improved wellbeing at work, thereby providing greater benefit to the business as a whole.
The Centre Management reported that with SafeAirTM equipment installed and running, at work far fewer incidences of cold and flu-like symptoms, sore throats and sickness and diarrhoea were reported by members of staff, and the children and babies were noted to be suffering from significantly less symptoms of runny noses, tummy bugs, diarrhoea and chicken pox.
Whether temporary staff are employed to provide cover, or whether the remaining staff have to adapt their working practices to provide that same cover, absence will inevitably result in disruption and financial penalties. For the Trial Site employing approximately 27 staff, a reduction of 0.97 days of attributable staff absence per working day would amount to a saving of 228 staff days over the course of a 47 week working year!
As a further benefit, there are also significant savings to be made by a noticeable reduction in the number of staff members sent home during the course of working days. Clearly, a less measurable but equally import benefit from using SafeAir is the wellbeing of staff and clients at work being significantly improved. Any of these factors will have a marked beneficial effect upon the business as a whole.
