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BIOQUELL has won a prestigious award from the Department of Health and NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA) in recognition of its Hydrogen Peroxide Vapour (HPV) decontamination technology, offering the greatest contribution in controlling Clostridium difficile. The awards have been created to highlight and celebrate innovation and success within the field of HCAI related technology and technological developments. They recognise that new and innovative technologies are helping to save lives and are making it easier for doctors and nurses to fight infection. The Department of Health and PASA launched the awards programme to highlight and celebrate innovation and success within the field of HCAI related technology and technological developments. Matt Parks, Head of BIOQUELL's UK healthcare decontamination practice, said on receiving the award; "We are thrilled to have won such a prestigious award following many years of hard work carrying out painstaking "superbug" eradication research in hospitals around the world. Winning this award highlights the importance of BIOQUELL’s presence within the NHS to help combat the threat posed by Hospital Acquired Infection”. Extract from the PASA news release:
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BIOQUELL’s fully managed RBDS decontamination service was recently showcased in the HCAI technology innovation showcase programme as one of only six technologies trialled throughout seven UK hospitals. The trials proved that such a service can easily be implemented as part of a hospitals infection control regime offering quick turn around times in the decontamination of infected areas.