Primary.Health, Poppy Launch New Air Safety Program for Schools Across the US

Primary.Health, a web-based platform to manage infectious disease testing and tracking programs, and Poppy, providers of air monitoring systems for indoor air safety, unveil their new air safety program for schools. Together, Primary.Health and Poppy offer a low-cost way to reduce infection risk, with or without HVAC. The program includes air monitoring and mitigation for schools, congregate living facilities and public health domains.

The program deploys Primary.Health’s web-based platform, Poppy’s air monitoring system, along with customized evaluation and education.

Primary.Health has served more than 4,000 schools deploying large scale health programs, and together with Poppy, completed two pilots. An initial pilot with four schools in the Bay Area demonstrated quantifiable improvements in air safety. One of the schools involved in the pilot experienced an average improvement of 2.5 eACH across classrooms, which equates to a 31.5% decrease in infection risk based on large-scale studies of transmission in schools.

The two public health companies collaborated for a second pilot with Head Start Oakland in 13 locations. At Head Start, Primary.Health and Poppy helped severely vulnerable schools without the ability or budget to make major HVAC upgrades, improve air safety for students and faculty, and laid the groundwork for program management, empowerment and project prioritization required for a large-scale product launch.