Influenza viruses are spread from person-to-person in respiratory droplets of coughs or sneezes, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

During flu season and throughout the year, families are exposed to viruses that circulat in the air they breathe indoors, so taking measures to prevent illness makes sense. Getting a flu shot, eliminating germs on surfaces through cleaning and washing hands often are important steps to avoid getting the flu. Yet, many families are still susceptible to the virus in the air in their home

With the highest clean air delivery rate in that industry, the American Standard AccuClean  whole-home system is another powerful tool in battling the flu virus at home. Research shows American Standard AccuClean removes more than 99 percent of the common flu, or influenza. A virus, from a home’s filtered air.

In addition to installing a whole-home air cleaner such as American Standard AccuClean to help avoid the flu, you can follow these good health habits based on tips from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

Avoid close contact with people who are sick. Keep your distance from others to protect them from getting sick, too.

Stay home when you are sick. If possible, stay home from work or school and avoid running errands when you are sick. You will help prevent others from catching your illness.

Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing, it may prevent those around you from getting sick.

Clean your hands. Washing your hands often will help protect you from germs.

Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs are often spread when a person touches something that is contaminated with germs and then touches his or her eyes, nose or mouth.

Practice other good health habits. Get plenty of sleep, be physically active, manage your stress, drink plenty of fluids and eat nutritious food.

Flu Study: background information

Researchers at Harvard School of Public Health in collaboration with scientists at Environmental Health and Engineering, Inc. evaluated the ability of American Standard AccuClean to remove the common flu from a home’s air.

The common flu virus was released into the air inside of a test duct. The removal efficiency was calculated from the amount of the common flu virus measured in air samples collected before and after passing through our whole-home air cleaner.

The result: American Standard AccuClean removed more than 99 percent of the common flu virus from the filtered. In addition, due to similarities among types of influenza virus, the whole-home air cleaning system also will remove greater than 99 percent of other forms of the virus including influenza B, influenza C and avian influenza (also a strain of influenza A virus).

Accu-clean - Whole House Air Filtration System remove 99.98% of airborne allergens such as pollen, dust, pet dander, mold spores, smog and somke. Also removes 99% of airborne ‘influenza A’ virus from your home as well…

1. Change filters on the first of every month. (if you have animals in house, check every two weeks).
2. Have preventive maintenance done every 6 months (one in spring and one in fall).
3. Have an annual duct cleaning done (most people prefer to do this during “spring cleaning”)
4. If you are having problems with your system, turn it off immediately and call out your local service technician as soon as possible.