New concept offers safe and effective micro-organism deactivation
In the fight against microbial contamination, BIOQUELL has launched what it says is a radically new concept in safe and effective micro organism deactivation.
Combining BIOQUELL's Clarus technology based on hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) vapour (HPV) with the company's experience of decontaminating more than 2,700 rooms within the pharmaceutical industry, the BIOQUELL Z has been designed to bio-decontaminate rapidly all exposed surface areas within a room of up to 500m3, with minimal effort.
It is ideally suited for routine disinfection of rooms, thus acting as a preventative measure. Typical pharma applications for this patented HPV generator are: disinfection of an area between campaigns or batches; disinfection of areas following maintenance; or the removal of bio-burden in an area following the identification of unacceptable growth levels.
The BIOQUELL Z is designed for ease of use, allowing staff to decontaminate rooms with minimum effort and set-up time. The unit is modular - the control lectern detaches for positioning outside the target room, allowing for safe control. Once the room has been sealed and vacated, the unit can be set to run its decontamination cycle.
High velocity, multi-directional nozzles effectively distribute a controlled micro-coating of hydrogen peroxide throughout the room, rapidly killing both airborne and surface micro-organisms. The unit's parametric monitoring system automatically controls the amount of H2O2 vapour required. Once effective kill has been achieved, the H2O2 vapour is aerated and catalytically converted into harmless water and oxygen.
Following aeration, the decontaminated room is ready to be put back into immediate service, leaving no toxic residues or requiring additional cleaning or wipe-down. In as little as four hours, all surface areas within a room of 110m3 can be decontaminated. The time can be reduced to 90 minutes by simply adding an R20 aerator.
The Z unit is GxP compliant and comes complete with a printer and cycle parameter report, making it highly validatable. The whole process can be verified using 6 log pouched G stearothermophilus, biological indicators.
