Residential Cleaning of Indoor Air to Protect COPD Patients

Inclusion Criteria

• •severe COPD (FEV1 \< 50%)
• •live in Monroe County
• •referred for pulmonary rehabilitation
• •suffered from an AECOPD in the past year
• •have standard sized windows in their bedroom and living room amenable to installation of the HEPAirX® device
• •expect to sleep each night of the 4 months (2 months of Period 1, and 2 months of period 2) in either their bedroom or living room for at least 6 hours/night, and not use other air filtering devices during the study