First school district uses dry hydrogen peroxide

The Southern Coffey County School District is the first to use Lenexa-based Synexis' dry hydrogen peroxide system to kill the COVID-19 virus.

MEETING THURSDAY.A SCHOOL DISTRICT INKANSAS IS NOW THE FIRSTIN THE STATE TO USE ANANTI-MICROBIAL PRODUCTDEVELOPED RIGHT HEREIN LENEXA IN ITSCLASSROOMS.THAT PRODUCT IS CALLEDDRY HYDROGENPEROXIDE.KSHB1 4NEWS REPORTERCHARLIE KEEGAN HASBEEN FOLLOWING THESEDEVELOPMENTS ANDJOINS US WITH TODAY'SUPDATE.IN IT'S BASIC SENSE - DRHYDROGEN PEROXIDE IS AGAS FORM OF THE LIQUIDHYDROGEN PEROXIDEMOST OF YOU HAVE INYOUR HOUSE.SYNEXIS DEVELOPED AWAY FOR IT TO ATTACKMICROBES AS IT FLOS ATTHROUGH THE AIR ANDLANDS ON SURFACES.THIS SEMESR TESOUTHERN COFFEYCOUNTY KANSAS BEMECATHE FIRST K-12 DISTRICT INTHE STATE TO USE THESYSTEM.HERE ARE SOME PICTURESSYNEXIS SHARED WITH USOF ITS DEVICES IN E THDISTRICT ABOUT TWOHOURS SOUTH OF K-C.THE SUPERINTENDENTTOLD ME HIS JOB IS TOPROTECT STUDENTS - ANDHE BELIEVES SYNEXIS CANDO SBAO SED ON STUDIESSHOWING D-H-P ISEFFECTIVE AT KILLINGCOVID-19 AS WELL ASOTHER VIRUSES ANDMOS.LDMatt Thomsen // SuperintendentSouthern Coffey County, Kan, USD5 24"that includes the environmentthey're learning in.

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So that's apriority,the board of education andmyself, isto take care of our staff andstudtsen100%."Eric Schtelo // Synexis CEO"We're realtime microbialreduction24/7/365 so actually before thatviruscan get across the room, likely'sitbeing impact bedy one of our dryhydrogen peroxide molecules."IT COST THE SCOLHODISTRICT ABOUT 90-THOUSAND DOLLARS TOINSTALL ALL THESESYNEXIS DEVICES IN ITSTHREE BUILDINGS.GRANTS AS A RESULTF OTHE AMERICAN RESCUEPLAN CONGRESS SSPAEDIN MARCH HELPED COVERMOST OF THOSE COSTS.WHAT SHOULD OTHERSCHOOL DISTRICTSCONSID?

ERFIRST KNOW PRODUCTSLIKE SYNEXIS ARE MOSTEFFECTIVE WHENCOMBINED WITH OTHERCLEANING OR FILTRAONTIMEASURES.ASK FOR DATA FROMPEER-REVIEWED STUDS IEOR REAL-WORLDAPPLICATIONS TO HELPGUIDE DECISION