Keeping Transportation Safe Post-COVID
ABC Companies heads off
COVID safety challenges with
curated CLEANS ™ program
The ABC CLEANS program includes industry-leading
sanitization and disinfection options, as well as physical controls
to augment CDC guidelines as motorcoach operations resume.
These layers of protection are designed to enhance air quality,
sanitize surfaces, and create barriers to securely separate drivers
from passengers and include:
Interior sanitization/disinfection
• Electrostatic fogging with solutions also used in commercial
airlines providing up to a 99.994 percent reduction in Virus Control
including the Human Coronavirus
• Fogging service conducted by ABC on-site or at a customer location
• Disinfectant electrostatic fogger units will also be available later
through ABC
Passenger and driver contact partitions & personal
hygiene stations
• Driver partitions ranging from full enclosures to temporary clear
protective barriers
• Passenger protection shields including permanently mounted clear
partitions and removable temporary shields
• Mountable hand sanitizer stations
ABC Companies is helping operators meet the challenges of
passenger transport and driver safety in the post-pandemic era.
The company’s CLEANS ™ (Contact Limitation & Eradication of
Airborne Noxious Systems) product suite offers business owners
a “layered” approach to enhance safety measures for passengers
onboard, and more importantly for their drivers.
“Making drivers and riders feel more comfortable in this new
environment is the goal of the CLEANS program,” said Thom Peebles,
vice president of marketing for ABC Companies. “It offers layers
of driver and passenger protection so fleet owners can create a
customized package based on their need in conjunction with their
own policies and procedures.”
He added that ABC’s CLEANS offers owners an expertly curated
program that relies on proven deep cleaning technologies and solutions.
The CLEANS program is spearheaded by ABC’s Brian Nelson,
engineering manager, who brings a wealth of expertise from his
previous background in the healthcare industry. Nelson worked as an
architectural engineer for more than eight years, designing healthcare
facilities throughout the Midwest and Southeastern U.S.
“The CLEANS program is a distillation of best practices and
processes specifically for motorcoach operators,” Nelson said.
“It incorporates proven technologies that follow set procedures
for proper sanitization and engineered solutions to work in
motorcoach applications.”
He cites the MERV 13 Air Filtration option as a prime example of
technology adapted within the constraints of a motorcoach system.
“You can’t just add any filter to a motorcoach without considering
how it impacts other systems,” Nelson said. “The MERV 13 was
selected because is strikes the correct balance between filtration
efficacy and system efficiency, eliminating the risk of malfunction
or failure in other systems. Likewise, a wide range of sanitization
methods and formulations are available to help take the guesswork out
of this process for operators.”
HVAC purification systems
• MERV 13 rated cabin filters capable of capturing particles between 1
and 5 micrometers and smaller
• UV light HVAC disinfection system which eliminates 90 percent of
microbial contaminants after 10 minutes of exposure and 99 percent
after 1 hour
• Factory-installed HEPA filtration system which can capture 99.9
percent of particles (bacteria, fungi and larger viruses or virus clumps)
“With CLEANS, we can supply a powerful toolkit to help operators
make the best possible decisions and choices for their business," said
Roman Cornell, ABC president and chief commercial officer.
As operations come back online, owners must be prepared to
create a plan that can be easily understood and implemented by
staff, Cornell added. He stressed that educating staff about APTA
and CDC guidelines, creating cleaning schedules and processes, and
establishing new procedures and training will be key to assuring
employees and customers that their safety is priority one.
14 | BUSRIDE.COM | JULY 2020