Introducing PICS - Portable Isolation Containment System
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Design Shelter Inc., a leader in portable shelter systems for emergency management agencies and FailSafe Air Safety Systems Corp., a leader in air filtration technology to capture, contain and neutralize airborne infectious disease, have teamed to develop the Portable Isolation Containment System - PICS.
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PICS has been designed to provide local hospitals, health authorities and emergency health services agencies with a simple to deploy portable solution for temporary medical isolation facilities during a suspected or confirmed pandemic infectious disease event. Other applications where PICS technology will benefit the health care industry include hospital surge capacity, temporary emergency medical facilities, military and disaster relief.
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PICS is a stand alone portable solution that provides all of the base shelter equipment plus air purification technology, heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems to set up a 10 patient unit in less than 60 minutes. This facility can be erected virtually anywhere including parking lots, athletic fields, roadways and in extreme remote locations. PICS is designed to be an all-weather facility so it can be deployed indoors or outdoors in any type of weather condition. The PICS air control system (PICSHVAC) utilizes FailSafe Air Safety System's patented FASS air purification technology as well as a thermostat controlled HVAC system to control the internal air environment. Built-in automatic damper controls provide the desired amount of negative pressure and air changes to exceed CDC guidelines. No contaminated air is exhausted to atmosphere without first passing through the purification and filtration system.
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PICS is an economical alternative to building new infrastructure and provides the same functional benefits as a brick and mortar isolation room. In a matter of a few hours emergency health care agencies can deploy a multi-patient isolation facility and become fully operational. Since PICS has been designed as a series of stand alone 10 patient facilities, it provides the additional benefit of being able to interconnect multiple 10 patient facilities together by way of our interconnecting PICSHUB system. This allows an individual hospital or regional hospitals the option to store 10, 20 or even 30 bed portable isolation facilities on-site, then in a time of pandemic crisis, ship them out to the facility in need - with the ability to connect a significant sized complex in relatively short order.
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As an added benefit, when the crisis is over, the PICSHVAC system is capable of producing pure ozone for facility decontamination. Once the facility is fully evacuated, the ozone control is activated and left to stand for several hours. The ozone kills all contaminants inside the shelter including on the equipment left inside. Left to degrade over time the ozone dissipates and after several hours it is safe once again to enter the shelter proper for manual decontamination or scrub down exercises.
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Design Shelter also offers custom designed PICS equipment storage trailers and mobile power supply centres for any field application and configuration. Design Shelter offers emergency health care agencies a turn key solution for any form of airborne infectious disease event.
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Cost Effective Mobile Medical Isolation Facilities
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Provides health authorities with temporary all-weather portable isolation facilities - erected anywhere in a matter of a few hours.
Total turn key facilities provided to protect against suspected and confirmed viral and biological contamination - either naturally occurring or through an act of bioterrorism.
Facility includes fully integrated internal environment with air filtration / purification, heating and air conditioning all controlled by way of remote thermostat panel.
Both negative and positive pressure environments offered with automatic damper control. Exceeds CDC guidelines for pressurization and air changes per hour.
Stand-alone 10 patient facilities offered with unlimited multiple medical unit modular style expansion to create field medical complexes.
Post event ozone decontamination
of shelter system and equipment left
inside.
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All-In-One PICS Air Purification and HVAC System
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PICS all-weather combination air filtration and purification system complete with remote thermostat controlled forced air electric heating and air conditioning.
Filtration utilizing a pre-filter and micro fibreglass high efficiency particulate arresting (HEPA) and high efficiency gas absorption (HEGA) filters. 99.97% microbial capture at 0.1 microns.
Utilizes patented dual directed ultraviolet (UV) light for maximum bug killing efficiency.
Includes operator controlled ozone generation for post event shelter and internal equipment decontamination.
Automatic temperature control
offering electric forced air heating at 20 kW (68,000 BTU)
and electric forced air cooling at 3 kW (36,000 BTU or 3
ton) each at 1,1,00 CFM.
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Field Proven Portable Shelter Systems
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Field proven versatile portable shelter system utilizes high quality aircraft grade anodized 6063-T5 and 6061-T6 aluminum framework.
Structural aluminum employed provides high strength to light weight ratio for superior stability in all weather conditions.
High quality vinyl coated polyester scrim cover set offered with UV protection, waterproof heat welded seams, rot and mildew inhibitors and meets national government standards for flame resistance and smoke retardance.
Double width hinged and latched doors provided at each end for easy shelter access and exit. Threshold ramps also provided for easy wheeled gurney or wheelchair access.
Insulted cover set, heavy duty vinyl floor system, ruggedized fluorescent light and wiring harness set all provided as standard PICS package equipment.
No tools required for assembly -
2 persons can erect any PICS shelter in less than 30
minutes.
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Value Added Support Systems
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Optional field proven support system accessories offered to maximize field use of any sized PICS configuration.
Ready to roll ergonomically designed equipment storage trailers for storage of all PICS related equipment and transfer it to the field with a standard 4x4 pickup truck or SUV.
Custom designed stand alone trailer mounted mobile power supply centres for all PICS field power requirements are offered. Diesel fired 120V/240V electrical system provided with externally mounted fuel tank and portable distribution panel.
Additional field camp accessories include integral doctor / nurse stations and portable bunk beds.
Optional water support systems include camp water purification, potable and grey water storage bladders, water heaters, gang wash sinks, portable personal hygiene showers, single use field ablution as well as complete pre-packaged water distribution equipment kits.
Comprehensive on-site field
training packages, 24/7 on site emergency field repair and
preventative maintenance programs are also available.
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