Certainly for a healthy team: Air purification at the workplace

"Health protection is important to us even beyond Corona," explains Frank Herrmann of GEBA-Autoteile GmbH.

If you're looking for a company that is committed to the safety and health protection of its employees, then GEBA-Autoteile is the right choice. With a family-like structure, everyone works closely together here, and this should remain the case despite viruses and infection risks. For this reason, Managing Director Frank Herrmann has proactively invested in air hygiene. "As one of the first companies, we have implemented the new generation of disinfection devices from pure in our rooms," says Herrmann, "the health of the team is also important to us beyond COVID-19."

According to a preprint study published by the Hermann Rietschel Institute of TU Berlin, the risk of infection in multi-person or large-room offices is increased by a factor of 8 even at only 50 percent occupancy without masks. With a lower occupancy of 20 percent and masks, the situation-based R-value (which calculates the number of infections caused by one infected person present at the same time in an indoor space, with the goal of keeping R less than or equal to 1 to reduce new infections) drops significantly to 1.6, but there remains a residual risk of infection from aerosol particles present in enclosed spaces.

And even if social distancing, mask-wearing, and ventilation concepts in indoor spaces are properly implemented in everyday work, investing in air disinfection devices is more than sensible. The study by the biotec Hygiene Institute confirms this, demonstrating very high effectiveness of devices such as the Steribase from pure. The patented technology directs the inhaled room air through an UVPE (Ultraviolet Pathogen Elimination) field with UVC light, which has been proven to neutralize viruses and bacteria by over 99.99 percent, making the air nearly virus-free. "Without ozone or chemicals, air hygiene is permanently improved with pure systems," confirms Marco Jakobs, Managing Director of JK-International. The company is a leading provider in wellness, lifestyle, and healthcare and produces, alongside global brands like Ergoline (solariums), Wellsystem (water massage), and Beauty Angel (aesthetic cosmetics), also UVC air disinfection modules (pure).

"Our staff has responded very positively to the use of air purification. We also informed our worldwide customers about our commitment to the health of the team via social media channels," says GEBA Managing Director Frank Herrmann. The flexibility of the devices was decisive in the purchase; mobile deployment is easily feasible in all rooms.

The compact, mobile, and particularly quiet Steribase 450 disinfects 450 m³ of air in one hour. Its design has been awarded the Red Dot Award and fits perfectly into any environment. This ensures that office spaces, law firms, or public buildings remain places where people enjoy spending time and feel safe in the future.