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Panasonic donates patented nanoeTM and nanoeTM X-equipped appliances to PGH

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Panasonic donates patented  nanoeTM and nanoeTM X-equipped appliances to PGH
The nanoeTM technology offers solutions that provide cleaner and fresher air

Editor’s note: This PGH project is part of a bigger program of Panasonic in the Philippines to provide air purifying and anti-COVID-19 technology of nanoeTM X to selected sites in the National Capital Region. Below is Panasonic’s press release. 

Panasonic, as part of its global campaign to spread advocacy for cleaner and fresher air for life, recently donated to the Philippine General Hospital – nanoeTM air purifiers, nanoeTM X generators, and air conditioners equipped with nanoeTM X that has been verified to have inhibitory effects on the novel coronavirus.

The turnover was attended by Panasonic Air-Conditioning Philippines CEO Masaru Toyota, Life Solutions Group Country Head Yosuke Tanaka, PGH Director Dr. Gerardo Legaspi,  PGH Spokesperson Dr. Jonas del Rosario, Deputy Director for Hospital Operations Dr. Stella Manalo, and the Hospital Infection Control Unit Head Dr. Regina Berba.

In his statement, Panasonic Air-Conditioning Philippines CEO Masaru Toyota explained that it has always been the intention of Panasonic, with the introduction of the nanoeTM in 1997 and nanoeTM X in 2016, to provide cleaner and fresher air to improve the quality of life for everyone.

“In 2009, with the help of an independent testing organization, Panasonic verified the effect of hydroxyl radicals contained in water against bird flu and new strains of influenza, and in 2012, in collaboration with an independent testing organization in Germany, we conducted virus clearance testing that showed effectiveness of the technology against highly-resistant viruses and unknown viruses,” said Toyota.

“Just last year, again using an independent testing organization, Texcell – France, we have further verified the inhibitory effect of Panasonic’s patented nanoeTM X technology on the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19,” he added.

The PGH activity is part of a bigger program of Panasonic in the Philippines to provide air purifying and anti-COVID-19 technology of nanoeTM X to selected sites in the National Capital Region to protect medical frontliners and Filipinos in vaccination areas. The goal is to make them and the public feel safer. The program, with the theme “Bring Back the Filipino Smile,” is in partnership with selected local government units.

“It is our aim for our medical front liners to feel they are in safer environment, and for patients to also have a sense of additional protection apart from current mandated hygiene practices like the wearing of masks, the use of face shields, and the use of hand sanitizers,” said Toyota.

PGH Director Dr. Legaspi expressed his appreciation for the Panasonic efforts: “It’s turning out to be a very auspicious morning for the Philippine General Hospital, being granted this support, which improves our ability to give comfort to our healthcare workers as well as improve protection from aerosolized transmission of the virus.”

“As a research and training hospital, we in PGH welcome technologies such as these, that we will be able to test and validate as far as their effectiveness in helping us control the transmission of this virus and other infections as well,” he added.

Toyota concluded by lauding the efforts of everyone who has tirelessly worked hard and has been affected by the pandemic.

“We in Panasonic wish to begin to bring back the smiles of our heroes of the pandemic, those in the frontlines against COVID-19 – all of you here at the Philippine General Hospital have been at the forefront against the pandemic since 2019. We appreciate your gallant efforts! Again, it is not just you, our frontliners who will benefit from this, but also your patients who are recovering from this disease. You all deserve to feel safer and more secure to smile again.”

For more information on Panasonic and its patented technologies, please visit https://www.panasonic.com/ph/nanoe. – Rappler.com

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