Why Do Dog Groomers Need Air Purification in Grooming Salons?

Dog grooming facilities and salons can be fairly messy environments, due to the high levels of fur and pet dander that can be present in the air space of this indoor environment. Many commercial indoor environments can be plagued by various airborne pollutants such as chemicals, odors, and allergens like pet fur/dander. When it comes to pet fur and dander, in particular, no commercial space will struggle with these pollutants more than a dog grooming facility. The dog grooming industry can see several dogs throughout the day, and this will ultimately lead to a large accumulation of pet hair and pet dander in the air of this environment, and these airborne pollutants can translate to compromised indoor air quality within these commercial indoor spaces.

When you walk into a business, the cleanliness of the space is important even if it is a pet grooming salon. Although these grooming salons are known to deal with high levels of dog hair in the environment, Customers that are bringing in their dog don’t want to be turned off by excess hair in the environment and air quality problems within this indoor space. Therefore, more and more dog grooming facilities are looking for solutions to integrate into these indoor spaces to help mitigate and control the levels of pet hair and dander left lingering in the air.

In this article we are going to learn more about why dog groomers need air purification in their grooming salons, understand why pet dander stays in the air for so long, and the best air purification and ventilation solutions to use inside dog grooming salons.  

Why Do Dog Groomers Wear Masks

Have you noticed that many dog groomers will wear protective face masks to cover their mouth and nose during the grooming process? Many groomers will prefer to wear a lightweight mask made of comfortable materials that will help to shield their mouth and nose from protection against particulates in the air, such as pet hair and pet dander that is released in high quantities in the grooming facility.

When a groomer begins the process of shaving or cutting a dog’s hair, the pet hair and the dog’s dander will easily fall off of the dog and will become airborne in the indoor space of the environment. As these particulate matters make their way into the indoor airspace, it will allow for the simple entrance of these pollutants into the human body through ingestion/inhalation – and thus, the reason behind why dog groomers wear a mask as they groom their Canine Customers.

Does Pet Dander Float in the Air

If you have ever owned a pet, than you are well-aware of the impact that their excessive fur can have on the indoor space of your home. Some dogs are known for their large fur coats, such as German Shepard’s and Golden Retrievers that will produce an excessive amount of fur from their bodies and into the air of their living space. However, it has been a major fallacy over time that pet hair is considered to be pet dander. In reality, pet dander is composed of tiny, microscopic flecks of skin that are shed by the dog that can come off the skin and freely float within the air of your home, sometimes on the fur that your pet sheds. In addition, allergens that are associated with pet dander will also come from proteins found in a dog’s saliva, urine, and feces.

Pet dander is a small particulate matter that can easily float around in the air of your home for a long period of time, and as it floats in the air it will eventually find surfaces throughout this space for them to settle onto, such as carpeting or furniture. Overtime as the pet dander continues to be released into the air, especially in a pet grooming salon the amount of pet dander floating within the space could be at severely elevated levels – particularly if there are no mitigation methods integrated within this commercial indoor environment.

How Long Does It Take for Dog Dander to Disappear

A common question among households and businesses that contain pets within their indoor environment is ‘how long does it take for dog dander to disappear in the environment?’. Every indoor space is different, and the length of time that the dog dander will last in the air will be an ambiguous time frame that will depend on multiple factors in the indoor space. In particular, pet grooming salons can be filled with obscene amounts of dog dander in the air, and if these facilities do not have the proper air filtration tools and ventilation requirements than the length of time this dander can be present in the air may be an undesirable amount of time.

According to the American Lung Association, pet allergens like pet dander can have the potential to stay in the home for months after the pet has released this dander into the air, due to the fact the dander will remain in house dust present within the indoor space. When it comes to aiding in the mitigation process of this residual pet dander present in the air of this indoor space, the use of air quality products and certain cleaning procedures will be the best solution to help keep the pollutant levels down throughout the indoor air.

Steps for Removing Pet Hair from Air

A dog grooming salon is one of the worst indoor environments when it comes to excessive amounts of pet hair and dander that are present in the indoor air space, which will not only compromise the indoor air quality but also have an impact on the health of those workers present in this space. Although many dog groomers wear protective face masks while they work to protect them from the obscene amounts of pet hair in the air space, this safety measure can only help so much and when it comes time to removing the pet hair these businesses will often fall inept in accomplishing this removal process. Thus, the reason behind air quality solutions such as air purifiers and ventilation systems to help aid in the removal process of particulate matter in the air, such as pet hair.

Below we are going to discuss the best steps to take to remove pet hair from the air of a dog grooming facility. In addition, we will take a deeper look at commercial air purification technologies used today and compare these technologies to determine the ideal air purifier technology to use inside of the indoor space of a dog grooming salon.

Ventilation System Dog Grooming

The indoor design of a building can be very important when considering various factors such as ventilation, which is key to the reduction and elimination of airborne pollutants such as odors, bacterial, and particulate matter buildup in the air. Ventilation is a key component to any indoor dog grooming facility as the insurmountable buildup of dog hair and dander can be problematic in this commercial space. Ventilation systems are the intentional introduction of outdoor air into an indoor air space. These systems are used primarily to control indoor air quality by diluting and displacing indoor pollutants. A mechanic ventilation system will include a fan that drives the flow of outdoor air into a building, such as in a dog grooming facility.

These ventilation system dog grooming facilities will include the use of supply fans, exhaust fans, or a combination of both in the indoor space. Ultimately, when an indoor space that is heavily polluted by airborne pollution like dog groomer salons, contain a ventilation system it will help to force out the contaminated air and bring in outdoor fresh air to try to bring down the levels of pollution in the space from dog hair and dander.

Air Purifier for Dog Hair

An air purifier is an air quality device that works to pull in indoor air through the device to allow for the purifier to begin filtering the pollutants present in the air space. When it comes to the use of this type of air quality device within an environment such as a dog grooming facility, it will work to pull in the excess amounts of dog hair and dander that is released into the air of this space, and this type of pollutant will require a large, dense media filter to capture these larger sized particles in the air. One of the best filters used in air purifiers today to remove particulate matter will be the use of a HEPA filter, which contains this dense media filter for particulate capturing and collecting.

OdorKlenz® engineered pet odor neutralizer air purifiers are an effective air quality solution that contains a proprietary technology that allows for containment and neutralization of broad spectrum of noxious and toxic chemicals and odors from indoor environments. The OdorKlenz® materials have proven to be highly efficient “adsorptive neutralizers” for chemicals making them not only competitively advantageous, but very commercially attractive. When OdorKlenz materials come into contact with harmful odor causing chemicals, the earth mineral metal oxides’ active sites first capture the chemical then initiate the neutralization process. OdorKlenz materials utilized in the OdorKlenz Air Purifier are ideal for a variety of indoor airspaces, processing streams, and environments that harmful compounds are generated or present in such as businesses in the pet industry.

The OdorKlenz Air Purifier can be easily into any indoor environment, including a dog grooming salon, working efficiently to contain and remove noxious odors and chemicals from the air, while also using a hospital-grade HEPA filter for fine particulate removal like pet hair and dander. The hospital-grade HEPA filter will allow for particulate matter to be captured that are larger than 0.3 microns in size at a 99.99 percent efficiency. OdorKlenz product offerings and technology has been extensively tested by third party laboratories and in-house scientists that have determined the efficacy of the technology for odor and chemical removal and neutralization.