UV Flu Technologies Inc to increase shareholder value

with RxAir's planned spinoff

M2 EquityBites; London [London]24 June 2013.
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M2 EQUITYBITES-June 24, 2013-UV Flu Technologies Inc to increase shareholder value
with RxAir's planned spinof
RxAir is a provider of air purification solutions for the medical industry with hundreds of
units in waiting rooms to emergency roomsin respected medical facilities nationwide.
RxAir products remove harmful pathogens from the air in infectious environments
for emergency pandemics through isolation rooms and negative pressure rooms.
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M2 EQUITYBITES-June 24, 2013-UV Flu Technologies Inc to increase shareholder value

with RxAir's planned spinof
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The board of directors of UV Flu Technologies Inc (OTCQB:UVFT), a bio technology
company, said on Friday that it has authorised its management to pursue the spinof of
its RxAir business into a separate publicly-traded entity.
Following the spinof, the RxAir division will concentrate entirely on the medical and
commercial markets, while the parent will continue to concentrate on the residential
marketplace.
This transaction is expected to be structured as a pro rata distribution to all shareholders
of UV Flu with the holders of its common stock receiving additional common stock in
RxAir.
Upon closing of the proposed spin-of transaction, UV Flu's existing shareholders would
hold interests in both UV Flu and RxAir. RxAir is expected to assemble a separate
management team and board of directors.
RxAir is a provider of air purification solutions for the medical industry with hundreds of
units in waiting rooms to emergency roomsin respected medical facilities nationwide.
RxAir products remove harmful pathogens from the air in infectious environments
for emergency pandemics through isolation rooms and negative pressure rooms.
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HSC shows of special isolation rooms

Kusch, Larry. Winnipeg Free Press; Winnipeg, Man. [Winnipeg, Man]21 Oct 2014: A.5.
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"These rooms are separated by doors, and only one door can open at a time," said Dr.
Perry Gray, Health Sciences Centre's chief medical officer. "Therefore, should anything
escape into the anteroom, you still have a negative pressure compared with the hallway
and therefore, limiting the spread of any airborne organisms."
Six of the 10 isolation rooms are tucked away in a unit that is separate from other
patients. "It is essentially a dedicated area separated from other clinical areas by doors.
We can lock those doors if necessary," Gray said.
"If it can be thrown out, that's what we want to use," Gray said. "We don't want to use
any items that have to be sterilized or reused."
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Hospital sets aside 10 units for possible patients

Winnipeg's largest hospital has set aside 10 isolation rooms for potential Ebola virus
patients and trained 36 physicians -- and many more nurses -- to tend to them.
Health Sciences Centre put on a show-and-tell for the media Monday, listing the
resources it has marshalled for a possible fight against the lethal disease that has
mobilized medical officials around the globe.
Journalists observed nurses donning and doffing special protective equipment. Staf will
don two types of protective gear depending on the situation -- one that takes longer to
put on and is more comfortable and one that can be put on more quickly but is less
comfortable. Both are equally safe for use.
Three dozen doctors have signed on to be available for potential Ebola patient between
now and Dec. 31. Each of the MDs -- mostly intensive care
and emergency room physicians and anesthetists -- have taken a two-day course and will
be refreshing their skills one day a month. Much of the training centres around use of the
specialized protective equipment.
The 180-square-foot isolation rooms have negative air pressure, meaning when doors
open, air is drawn into the room and not out. Each has an anteroom, where air pressure is
also negative compared with the rest of the hospital.
"These rooms are separated by doors, and only one door can open at a time," said Dr.
Perry Gray, Health Sciences Centre's chief medical officer. "Therefore, should anything
escape into the anteroom, you still have a negative pressure compared with the hallway
and therefore, limiting the spread of any airborne organisms."
Six of the 10 isolation rooms are tucked away in a unit that is separate from other
patients. "It is essentially a dedicated area separated from other clinical areas by doors.
We can lock those doors if necessary," Gray said.
The rooms have been used in the past in other special situations, including treating
injured Canadian soldiers who had served in Afghanistan.
If a patient arrived at the hospital in an ambulance or showed up at the ER with
symptoms of Ebola, they would be whisked away to the unit along a route within the
hospital that would minimize their exposure to other patients. A service elevator would
be utilized to further isolate them.
Health Sciences Centre is the only hospital in Manitoba designated to treat a potential
Ebola patient. It likely got a head start on most other designated Canadian facilities, as it
was put on alert in August when three members of the National Microbiology Laboratory
arrived home from West Africa. The hospital started planning in case one of them got ill.
None did.
"The positive thing about that experience is that it allowed us to develop a very solid plan
very quickly," said Helen Clark, head of emergency response and patient transport with
the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority. Those plans continue to evolve as the WRHA and
HSC receive new information from the Public Health Agency of Canada, the provincial
Health Department and other agencies.
Gray said each potential Ebola patient will be cared for by two nurses, who will work with
that person exclusively. A third specially trained nurse will ensure protective equipment
worn by nurses is donned and dofed correctly. The third nurse will also observe the
actions of the treating nurse.
To minimize the likelihood of disease spread, the special rooms will have dedicated
equipment that will not be removed for use by other patients. Patients, wherever
possible, will remain and receive treatment in the isolation room. And supplies will be
disposable whenever possible.
"If it can be thrown out, that's what we want to use," Gray said. "We don't want to use
any items that have to be sterilized or reused."
Intensive care and emergency room physicians will be among the main doctors tending
to potential patients, who could be mildly ill when they arrive (and receive tests to rule
out Ebola) or very ill. The forte of both types of physicians is an ability to detect patients
who are deteriorating quickly, Gray said.
larry.kusch@freepress.mb.ca
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