Air + Surface + HVAC · Occupied-space safe
UV-C Air & Surface Disinfection for Hospitals & Healthcare
Continuous control of airborne and surface contamination for wards, theatres, waiting rooms and aged-care spaces, backed by independent test data. The systems build into your existing HVAC and run around the clock while rooms stay occupied. Because we aren’t tied to one brand, we specify whatever technology genuinely suits your building rather than the single product we happen to sell.
Healthcare-associated infections are among the most expensive and preventable problems in a modern hospital, and a large share of them travel by air or live on surfaces. The ventilation system carries airborne pathogens around the building, while surfaces are re-contaminated the moment someone coughs. The worst reservoirs are the places routine cleaning and filtration never really reach: the cooling coils and drain pans inside the air handler, the metres of ductwork beyond them, and the surfaces in between scheduled cleans.
Hospitals have used UV-C on air and surfaces for more than 50 years. What has changed is that today’s high-output systems can treat the air, the surfaces and the HVAC plant itself at the same time, continuously, with people still in the room. We aren’t locked to a single manufacturer, so we choose and size the combination that fits each building instead of making one product stretch to cover everything.
Two complementary technologies for healthcare environments
In-duct UV-C, coil sterilisation and APCO air treatment
Treats the airstream and keeps the HVAC system itself clean. High-output UV-C disinfects the air in a single pass and continuously holds back the biofilm and mould that build up on the cooling coil and drain pan, which restores heat transfer and airflow. The APCO stage then adds photocatalytic oxidation over an activated-carbon matrix to break down VOCs and odours. It produces no ozone, so it suits occupied clinical areas.
Continuous air and surface disinfection into the room
Fits inside the ductwork and fills both the air and the room’s surfaces with low-level, naturally occurring hydrogen peroxide. Because it travels as a gas, it reaches the wards, corners and cavities a fixed UV lamp never touches, then breaks back down to water and oxygen and leaves no residue. It runs continuously with patients and staff in the room.
Do you need one or both? In most hospitals they work together. Fresh-Aire UV keeps the HVAC plant and the airstream clean at the source, and ductFIT carries continuous disinfection out onto the surfaces of the occupied space. We’ll size the right mix for your air handlers, room volumes and infection-control priorities at no cost.
Independent laboratory results for ductFIT
In 2021, Laboratorios Himalaya in Málaga, Spain tested a Clean Air ductFIT unit in a sealed controlled chamber against two real biological targets, working to the European standards UNE-EN 13098 and UNE 171330:
Controlled-chamber test of the Clean Air ductFIT device. Real-world results depend on room volume, airflow and runtime. The full signed report is available on request.
Treating the system, not just the air in it
Mould, biofilm and bacteria thrive in the part of a hospital nobody sees. Cooling coils and drain pans sit wet and dark, and the inside of the ductwork stays damp and downstream of the coil. Left alone, that growth becomes the source that seeds the whole building with spores and odours every time the fan runs. Fresh-Aire UV keeps the coil and airstream clean at the source, while ductFIT’s gas-phase molecules travel the full duct run and out into the wards. Cleaner coils also mean better heat transfer, lower energy bills and fewer reactive maintenance callbacks.
Where it’s used
Continuous air & surface control with patients present
High-traffic, high-turnover spaces
Resident rooms, dining and shared areas
Aerosol-generating procedure areas
What these systems won’t do
They add a continuous layer of protection alongside your infection-control and cleaning protocols. They don’t replace them. Both the Fresh-Aire APCO stage and ductFIT are built for occupied spaces and stay well below occupational exposure limits, and if you have an ozone-sensitive application we’ll confirm the right zero-ozone configuration before you buy.
We also won’t push a single product to fit. If UV-C alone is the right answer for your air handler, that’s what we’ll quote. If your real priority is surface reach in occupied wards, we’ll tell you that instead.
Facility Managers · Infection Control · Mechanical Contractors
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can these run with patients and staff in the room?
Yes. The Fresh-Aire UV-C lamps sit inside the ductwork and air handler, so no UV light enters the occupied space, and the APCO stage produces no ozone. ductFIT holds hydrogen peroxide at parts-per-billion levels, hundreds of times below the occupational exposure limit, and this class of technology is validated for continuous use in occupied hospital wards.
Do we still need our normal cleaning programme?
Yes. These systems continuously suppress airborne and surface regrowth between cleans and reach places manual cleaning can’t, but they supplement your infection-control and cleaning protocols rather than replacing them.
How do we choose between in-duct UV-C and ductFIT?
It comes down to whether your priority is the airstream and HVAC plant, which is Fresh-Aire UV, or continuous surface reach in occupied rooms, which is ductFIT. Most facilities benefit from both. Send us your air-handler details and room volumes and we’ll size it with you at no cost.
Related
See the wider HVAC UV air sterilisation range, or the same principles applied to homes and apartments in our Whole-Home Air Disinfection Solutions.
Talk to us about your facility
Send us your air handlers, room volumes and infection-control priorities, and we’ll recommend and size the right combination independently, with no obligation. If you’d rather buy off the shelf, the range is in our online shop.
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Gordon · Director, Australian Ultra Violet Pty Ltd · info@australianuv.com.au
Fresh-Aire UV®, APCO®, Clean Air Spaces® and ductFIT® are trademarks of their respective owners; Australian Ultra Violet Pty Ltd is the authorised Australian distributor. The laboratory figures shown for ductFIT come from a controlled-chamber test by Laboratorios Himalaya SL (Málaga, 2021, UNE-EN 13098) of the Clean Air ductFIT device; real-world performance depends on room volume, airflow and runtime. Full source documents are available on request. UV-C and photocatalytic systems supplement, and do not replace, established infection-control and cleaning protocols.