Posts Categorized: Surface
Your Facility’s Animal Drinking Water Program
By Kyle DeBruhl Animal Drinking Water Cleaning Systems, Chlorine Dioxide PurityGard ADW System Why your animal drinking water program might fail AAALAC inspection Most AAALAC site visitors do not provide a detailed list of every question they'll ask during a facility tour. They frequently engage directly with animal care staff and technicians, asking them to explain SOPs, records, and routine practices on the spot. Facilities
Synexis DHP and the Mid-Procedure Gap
By Kyle DeBruhl Air, Bacteria, Biomedical Research, Disinfectants, Mold, Sanitation, Viruses Vivarium Hygiene · Research Facilities · Pathogen Control · 7 min read Research animal surgical suites are cleaned before every procedure. But there is a window during each procedure when scheduled disinfection is completely offline. Here's what that gap looks like, why it's structurally unavoidable, and what continuous pathogen reduction technology can do about it.
Are Your Disinfectants Causing Stress in Animals?
By Kyle DeBruhl Companion Animal Care, Detection & Monitoring Products, Disinfectants, Hard Surfaces Veterinary professionals are increasingly focused on creating environments that promote animal comfort and reduce stress. But are your disinfectants helping—or unintentionally doing harm? Recent research has uncovered something that should give every clinic pause: animals are demonstrating significant aversion to certain hydrogen peroxide-based disinfectants commonly used in clinical and research settings. These findings raise important
Holistic Facility Hygiene in Xenotransplantation
By Kyle DeBruhl Biomedical Research, Detection & Monitoring Products, Sanitation In swine research facilities, especially those involved in genetic engineering and xenotransplantation, maintaining stringent biosecurity measures is essential to ensure the integrity of research and the health of both animals and staff. The risk of contamination can compromise research results, endanger animal welfare, and even pose health risks to personnel. That’s why at Quip Labs,
The Silver Lining | The Biosafety Insights Blog
By Kyle DeBruhl Air, Disinfectants, Halo Disinfection System The Silver Lining: An Overview of the Science Behind HaloMist™ (Originally Published on Halosil.com) The Silver Lining: An Overview of the Science Behind HaloMist™ HaloMist™, Halosil NXT's flagship hydrogen peroxide disinfectant, is a proven healthcare, research and whole-room disinfection chemistry that utilizes a blend of hydrogen peroxide and silver for its efficacy. In this blog,
The Science of ATP Monitoring
By Kyle DeBruhl Animal Drinking Water Cleaning Systems, Bacteria, Biomedical Research, Clinical, Companion Animal Care, Detection & Monitoring Products, Food Processing, Industry, Pharmaceutical Production, Sanitation, SurfaceWhat is ATP? Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is a chemical produced in all living cells. Its presence on a surface is an indication of organic contamination. That contamination can come from human contact, bacterial presence or some other form of organic residue. The amount of ATP remaining on a cleaned surface is a direct indication of
UV Disinfection vs. Hydrogen Peroxide: Which is the Superior Whole-Room Disinfection?
By Kyle DeBruhl Air, Biomedical Research, Halo Disinfection System, UV Disinfection Emerging Whole-Room Disinfection Solutions Whole-room disinfection has never been as prominent or scrutinized as it has been over the past few years. With each new high-profile case of an infectious outbreak, the scientific community intensifies its focus on how to prevent these devastating breeches in biosafety, and more and more it looks like the solution
How Corrosive is your Chlorine Dioxide disinfectant?
By Kyle DeBruhl Biomedical Research, Bleach, Chlorine Dioxide, Clinical, Companion Animal Care, Corrosivity, Food Processing, Hard Surfaces, Industry, MB-10 Tablets, Pharmaceutical Production, SurfaceWe get a lot of questions regarding the differences between our MB-10 Tablets and older chlorine dioxide or pure chlorine technologies. That’s why we’ve created this handy infographic which explains the differences in corrosivity when dealing with different chlorine dioxide-based disinfectants. You can learn more about the corrosivity of our MB-10 Tablets, as well as
Have Sick Research Animals? 5 Tips for Better Disinfection!
By Kyle DeBruhl Animal Drinking Water Cleaning Systems, Bacteria, Biomedical Research, Companion Animal Care, Detection & Monitoring Products, Equipment Cleaning Products, Mold, Uncategorized, Viruses1. Know your Pathogens. Different disinfectants offer different levels of efficacy and knowing which bacteria and viruses your facility is most likely to encounter will help you know which disinfectant to use. For example, as you can see by filtering our chemical products by efficacy claims, Canine Distemper Virus has a completely different set of recommended products