How to Prepare for Flu Season in Your Schools and Workplaces
Flu season can be debilitating to schools and workplaces. Regarding preparation, we here at Violet Defense suggest utilizing our UV sanitizer. Here are a few ways to prepare for flu season with our UV sanitizers:
UV SANITIZERS FOR FLU SEASON
UV sanitizers offer a powerful and effective way to combat bacteria and viruses like influenza. Utilizing the germicidal benefits of ultraviolet light to inactivate bacteria and viruses can help protect against the spread of harmful pathogens. UV sanitizers offer a chemical-free alternative to disinfecting high-touch surfaces and air in one easy to use unit to help schools and workplaces prepare for flu season.
FLU SEASON IN SCHOOLS
There are many ways that flu season can ravage your school or university. When schools were hit with COVID-19, the CDC developed a checklist for re-opening measures. These measures can be applied to flu season as well. Here are some things that were included in the checklist:
Increase levels of cleaning and disinfection in schools and buses.
Add more custodial staff.
Protect custodial staff.
Create a daily checklist for cleaning purposes.
Rate areas of priority cleaning from highest to lowest and disinfect in that order.
Find ways to improve air quality in schools to reduce airborne particles.
To find out more about these CDC recommendations you can find them on our white pages.
As we saw in previous years, the measures put into place to help stop the spread of COVID were also extremely effective against the flu as well. Schools and Universities may want to do their best to protect their students from illness. Here are some ways that our UV sanitizers can help you stop the spread of the flu at your school:
UV LIGHT SANITIZERS
Our UV light sanitizing technology can add an extra layer of protection against the flu in your schools, buses, or universities. The sanitizing lights come in two different versions. The Vantage series can be installed in any location of your school. You can install these lights in classrooms, bathrooms, offices, nurse clinics, athletic facilities, locker rooms, and more. Our other series, Flash, uses the same UV lights but is mobile. You can use this light to disinfect targeted areas on demand, such as when you've had a known student or teacher that was ill with the flu or COVID. Each product uses the same technology, so the germ-fighting level remains the same whichever you choose. The UV sanitizers are designed to be used when the room is unoccupied, but can be programmed to come on automatically or integrated with remote or switch for on-demand activation when needed.
UV AIR DISINFECTION
One of the benefits of UV lighting when installed in a space is that it can not only disinfect high-touch surfaces that are likely to spread germs,b ut the air as well. As we all know, many pathogens can remain and spread through the air. UV sanitizers offer the best of both worlds to disinfect both air and surfaces at the same time. UV air disinfection units can also add an extra layer of protection against airborne flu particles.
When searching for ways to prepare your students and staff for the flu season, we suggest considering UV sanitizers to give your students and staff a better chance to stay healthy.
FLU SEASON IN THE WORKPLACE
The workplace is a small, high-traffic space that can spread the flu quite quickly, which may decrease your business's productivity. If you are a workplace that has employees in offices, facilities, or any other type of building, you may want to consider UV disinfection. Similar to schools and universities, you can choose to use UV disinfecting lights, UV air disinfection units, or both. Here are some areas that may benefit from UV sanitization in the workplace:
Bathrooms
Phones
Desks
Breakrooms
Keyboards
Conference Rooms
You can increase productivity and help decrease absence in the workplace during flu season by using these UV units. UV sanitizing should be combined with other strategies like proper hand washing. When you show your employees that you are invested in their health, they may be more likely to take the proper precautions to make sure they are healthy as well.
Here are some workplaces that can utilize UV light disinfection:
Office Buildings
Doctor’s Offices
Hotels & Restaurants
Conference Centers
Athletic Facilities
First Responder Facilities
VIOLET DEFENSE FOR FLU SEASON
When you prepare your school or workplace before flu season, you can decrease the amount of sickness. You can show your students, staff, and more that you care about their health and well-being. Violet Defense understands the flu season's impact on your daily lives, and we want to give you the opportunity to stay healthier through it. Contact us to schedule a consultation for our UV sanitizing lights.