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In order to release sterile medicines and products to the market, they must first pass a sterility test.   How to help ensure sterility testing is a million-dollar question for every pharmaceutical firm. In this article, we break down which of the four common approaches is the most effective at reducing false positives. The stakes […]

Earlier this year, Ecolab’s Bioquell HPV-AQ 35% hydrogen peroxide disinfectant received an approval opinion from the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) Biocidal Products Committee (BPC) for a BPR EU (Union) Authorisation. We are pleased to communicate that the approval has been officially published in the Official Journal of the European Union and thus written into European […]

New Partnership with Ecolab to Help Reduce Hospital-Associated Infections Sodexo, world leader in food services and facilities management, announced an expanded partnership with Ecolab Inc., the global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services, to deliver a new infection prevention offering for hospitals and healthcare facilities across the United States. Sodexo’s unique […]

In this Clinical Services Journal article, the topic of innovative decontamination efforts and hand hygiene tools are reviewed to show how they have helped hospitals raise infection control standards during the pandemic. Hospitals across the world saw cases rise while also dealing with unique challenges, whether PPE shortages, supply and staff issues, or finding effective […]

FDA AUTHORIZES ECOLAB’S BIOQUELL TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM FOR N95 RESPIRATOR DECONTAMINATION Ecolab’s decontamination technology enables respirator reuse by healthcare personnel to help address shortages ST. PAUL, Minn. – December 18, 2020 – Ecolab Inc., the global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services that protect people and vital resources, has received Emergency Use […]

Bioquell Rapid Bio-Decontamination Service (RBDS) enables businesses to quickly regain control of clean spaces and ramp up capacity As the world prepares to enter the next phase of the COVID-19 pandemic with the potential relaxation of lockdown restrictions, Bioquell, an Ecolab solution and leading manufacturer of high performance bio-decontamination technology, is utilizing its well-proven Rapid […]

Following the COVID-19 lockdown, environmental monitoring at a major international provider of Biologics Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisations (CDMO) services in Wuhan, China indicated spore contamination in a production room. Despite exhausting all disinfection methods in its records, including the manual application of a sporicide, there was a repeated failure of the EM test standards. […]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many hospital wards were temporarily converted to solely treat COVID-19 patients. As these begin to revert back to ‘regular’ non COVID-19 wards, a solution is required to manage the increased potential contamination risk facing the patients admitted to these wards. Our latest case study highlights how Bioquell’s RBDS recently returned an […]

An article recently featured in Labmate discusses how Bioquell’s hydrogen peroxide vapour technology has been previously used to combat viruses similar to COVID-19. It reviews experience Bioquell has with other coronaviruses (such as SARS and MERS-CoV) and emerging pathogens. Importantly, the article states that “surface contamination has been implicated in the transmission of certain viruses, […]

22 pieces of Bioquell equipment are destined for Eastern Europe, where the technology will be deployed across 11 hospitals. The systems will be used to decontaminate hospital rooms following confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), as well as many other challenging pathogens that continue to persist alongside the current global outbreak. Bioquell’s hydrogen peroxide […]