You Don’t Want to Miss This Webinar: School IAQ and Asthma Management During a Pandemic

EPA sent this bulletin at 04/30/2021 11:00 AM EDT

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page.

Don’t forget to register for next week’s webinar!

Join the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as we hear from an array of industry experts, including a team of environmental hygienists and health providers at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, who will discuss best practices for creating asthma-friendly schools and protecting occupant health through implementing proactive approaches for indoor environmental management.

Register today to join “Asthma-Friendly Schools: Strategies to Reduce the Risk of COVID-19 Transmission and Improve Indoor Air Quality” on Thursday, May 6, at 1:00 p.m. EDT.


Date: Thursday, May 6, 2021
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. EDT

Register


Attend this webinar to learn how to—

  • Implement IAQ management and layered risk-reduction strategies to reduce COVID-19 transmission and environmental asthma triggers in schools.
  • Utilize guidance and tools from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and EPA to choose safer disinfectants, effectively clean school facilities, and provide recommended ventilation and filtration to not only mitigate the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission but to create healthy learning environments for all students and staff, including those with asthma.
  • Employ best practices from environmental hygienists and health providers at a leading hospital-based community environmental health program to create asthma-friendly schools, protect occupant health and improve academic performance in schools through implementing proactive approaches for indoor environmental management.

Questions?
EPA offers free IAQ Tools for Schools resources—including the School IAQ Assessment Mobile App—to help schools maintain a healthy indoor environment by identifying, correcting and preventing IAQ problems. Learn more about the IAQ Tools for Schools guidance and access other valuable school environmental health resources at www.epa.gov/iaq-schools.

If you have any questions about the IAQ Tools for Schools guidance, please contact the IAQ Tools for Schools Connector Coordinator at iaqschools@epa.gov.