As the President of the NJ School Buildings and Grounds Association (NW Chapter), Buildings and Grounds Supervisor at Rockaway Twp BOE and New Jersey Association of Designated Persons - EPA 2010 Connector Award for innovations in IAQ - NJDOH/PEOSH IAQ Trainer I run into many indoor air quality concerns. Unpleasant odor in classrooms, nurses offices, storage areas are extremely common and cause both students and staff to complain while interrupting their day. Providing Odorox/Pyure equipment in these problem areas eliminates these issues quickly and effectively making my job a lot easier.

Arthur Pierfy

Thanks to Odorox/Pyure and the Hydroxyl system. We continued to be amazed at it’s capabilities and effectiveness.
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James Palmieri - General Manager Allpro Cleaning & Restoration Services

I would like to thank you for introducing our hotel to your green technology for odor elimination.
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Lilly Sirkin, Head of Housekeeping Services Hilton

I have gotten nothing but rave reviews from adjusters who want to implement the Hydroxyl system on more restoration jobs.
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Jim Palmieri, General Manager Allpro Restoration Services

Thank goodness you provided us with the Hydroxyl Odor Processor. We have had this machine operating for the last 48 hours and the house is now odor free. We would highly recommend this machine to eliminate smoke and other nasty smells.
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Linda & Will Private User

This is definitely going to eliminate the need for some of the other so called deodorizing machines. I am next looking forward to trying the MDU unit in the Health Care Industry. We are very excited about these products and their uses.
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Jeff Skrilow, CR, WLS Damage Control, Inc.

In only 5 days over Thanksgiving weekend, the Odorox/Pyure units completely removed the cigarette odor, the paint odor and nothing was left inside the home. This will definitely help with a fast turnaround to a new renter

Cliff Berger Private User

We have become confident in the use of Odorox/Pyure technology, its safety, strength, and application. We would recommend anyone in the restoration business to explore the use of it.
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Ed Longanecker Iris City Cleaners and Laundering Company

I was very skeptical when I first heard about your product line at the Toronto show. Truthfully it is impossible to believe that you can simply plug in a machine and not only get the smells out of the air, but as well walls and ceilings or anything else without touching it. You proved me wrong!
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Peter Mahut, Property Manager Brookfield Residential Management Services

On a final note, I do some customer service consulting so from that perspective I would say your customer service has been excellent. The equipment was hand delivered within days of the order. I have received multiple follow-up phone calls and emails. Thank you for your solid customer service.
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Steve Noftle, President Allpro Restorations Services

With all the past doctor appointments, prescriptions and my time away from work, the Odorox/Pyure machine is saving me the money I spent on the machine!!
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Mary Nagel Bismarck, ND

I certainly will be asking other contractors to use this equipment in other claims involving odours. I’m confident that it works really well and the potential for saving money is huge
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Anonymous Canadian National Insurance Company

This was great since we had spaced sheathing with felt paper and hardwood above it. We were able to eliminate the odor without removing the floors! I believe you may have found the next "sliced bread".
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Johnathan B. Launder CR/ ASD/ MRS Cousino Harris Disaster Cleenup

We can show our house now without any worries. Our Great Room now truly smells ‘great’. We would recommend your company’s systems without reservation to anyone in a similar situation. I wish you and Odorox/Pyure every success in the commercial and residential world.
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Nicholas Maxheleau and Elizabeth Winter

Thank you again for the opportunity to test your product on our smoking level.
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Michael Regan, General Manager Holiday Inn Express

A Tool to Keep You Healthy
Health And Safety
JEMS, Journal of Emergency Medical Services
Hydroxyl generators kill germs & snuff odors


An Odorox® .Slimline. model portable hydroxyl generator sanitizes this ambulance. Photo Thom Dick
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We've talked about cooties before, Life-Saver. Nothing is scarier than some of the stuff you can't even see.
Fortunately, our bodies came equipped with an incredible array of weapons to protect us from sick people's diseases.

I can't find any studies that say so, but I don't think EMS providers get sick as often as most other people. If that's true, I suspect it's because we're exposed to so much disease on a regular basis that we're somewhat immune to it. I've always been impressed by that (and have always been grateful for it.) But I still think we'd be a lot safer if somebody could devise a surefire way to sanitize an ambulance without taking it apart.
In the March 2005 installment of this column, I discussed numerous ways EMS providers could minimize their exposure to disease. I suggested everything from leaving their boots at work to routinely cleaning door handles, stretchers, ceiling hardware and radio mics with contact cleaner. I've also talked about such practices as hand-washing, ditching exam gloves before driving, removing the floor hardware to address substances that accumulate there and not eating in ambulances.
I do brag some about my agency's crews. I hope you understand I love 'em to death. If you ever come and ride with us, you'll see why in about a second. Not only are they fine caregivers, but they also have hearts the size of toasters. If we were to lose just one of them, all of EMS would be damaged. Their families expect us to keep them safe, and we try hard to do that.
One of our first responders is an EMT named Chris Forbes. Chris is a lieutenant with our fire department here in Brighton, Colo., and he's a part-time distributor of gizmos called hydroxyl generators. Hydroxyl ions are unstable, negatively charged molecules that oxidize single-celled organisms, and thereby, destroy them. Chris showed us a device the size of a briefcase that's designed to produce and circulate hydroxyls throughout a closed environment about the size of a small house (2,000 square feet). We bought it (for about $2,800). When we take an ambulance out of service for maintenance, and before we give it back to a crew, we plug the device into the unit's 110VAC shoreline circuit and run it in the patient compartment for 24 hours with all the doors and windows closed.

We're pretty small-time, and we serve a poor district, so we don't have a lot of money for science. We've found no reference to anybody using hydroxyl generators in ambulances. But the independent lab reports we've read say that in structures, this device destroys more than 99.9% of airborne, surface and contained anthrax, Clostridium difficile, Escherichia coli, influenza A, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Listeria monocytogenes, MRSA, Staph aureus, molds and their spores, and tuberculosis bacilli on stainless steel and cotton fabric surfaces during a single 12-hour exposure.(1Ð3)
We also know from experience that it eliminates biologic and non-biologic odorsÑincluding emesis, blood, smoke and ethanolÑand produces no odors of its own.
They're commonly installed in the heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems of public buildings, especially in humid areas, and they're routinely used to purify structures after flooding. Fire departments use them to sanitize turnout gear.
How do these things work? Ours contains a fan that draws .dirty. air through a multiple-wavelength ultraviolet chamber, then exhausts it as clean airÑalong with hydroxyl ionsÑback into the environment. Hydroxyls occur naturally in sunlight. Although they're deadly to one-celled organisms, they're harmless to people and animals. Likewise, tests prove they break down airborne aldehydes, ozone, carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds.(4)
According to Chris, you can actually get these things in much smaller sizes, designed for permanent mounting in an ambulance, for about $500. That would spread the cost of one over the span of a lease, or the life of a vehicle. JEMS - Journal of Emergency Medical Services
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