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Bioquell Room Bio-Decontamination Service (RBDS)

Bioquell Room Bio-Decontamination Service (RBDS)

Bioquell’s Room Bio-Decontamination Service (RBDS) is a unique solution allowing organizations to utilize Bioquell’s patented Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor (HPV) technology for large scale decontaminations, without the expense of a capital equipment purchase. RBDS not only includes all necessary equipment, trained engineers and consumables, but verifies each bio-decontamination with biological indicators (6-log Geobacillus stearothermophilus spore culture). Our service is able to quickly, efficiently and efficaciously bio-decontaminate any enclosure from a small storage cupboard to an entire building or facility.

Further, and to ensure our service meets all your site requirements including regulatory inspections, the service is fully documented. This includes a project scope, method statement, risk assessment, a detailed final report and decontamination certificate.

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Features

  • Fully documented
     
    RBDS is not only about the practical side of service delivery. We understand that it is important for our customer to hold detailed records of what actions were performed on their site, ready for regulatory or audit inspections, including batch and serial numbers, equipment locations, biological indicator locations and results. This, of course, is on top of the risk assessment, method statement, contract briefing note, scope of works and other cycle optimization documentation.
     
  • Efficacy
     
    Bioquell's decontamination systems have excellent efficacy for many organisms, including those which are typically considered difficult to deactivate (i.e. TB and Anthrax). However, to ensure that your facility is decontaminated to this high standard, Bioquell use independently produced and evaluated biological indicators which contain a high level (>6-log) loading of Geobacillus stearothermophilus spores. This culture is inoculated on to a stainless steel disc and then sealed into a Tyvek pouch to stop any cross-contamination of the biological indicator or the environment. Located in challenging locations within the target area, these “spore strips” are exposed to the process and subsequently incubated to demonstrate the efficacy of the process performed at your site. A full biological efficacy document, listing all of our efficacy research, is available on request.
     
  • Scaleable
     
    Our patented system allows effective expansion to enable the successful decontamination of any given volume. Therefore, whether it is a small store cupboard (c. 10m3), a patient room (c. 50m3), or an entire production facility (c. 36,000m3), RBDS is capable of providing the solution.
     
  • Rapid response
     
    While we all prefer that things are planned in advance, sometimes an emergency response is required to remedy the situation. In response, Bioquell RBDS offers both scheduled and emergency services worldwide.
     
  • Rapid cycles
     
    Unlike other processes, RBDS is designed to offer a fast decontamination cycle to ensure minimal downtime for your assets – whether they are a production rig, a research lab or a patient area. Typically small rooms can be decontaminated in approximately 2 hours, with a whole building done in under 24 hours, saving you time and money. 
     
  • Excellent materials compatibility
     
    Hydrogen peroxide has excellent materials compatibility and, unlike some aggressive products, can be used on and in all environments including those containing sensitive electrical equipment. Further information, including case studies are available.
     

Benefits

  • “Hassle free”
     
    RBDS is designed so that it minimizes reliance on customer input. Once the site survey has been completed, an experience decontamination project manager will be allocated by Bioquell to ensure that all aspects of the project are looked after and the project runs smoothly. The project manager will ensure that you are fully briefed about the on-site actions and give you progress reports as necessary. 
     
  • Fully inclusive
     
    The price we quote is it. There are no hidden charges or small print to worry about. Therefore once you commit to using the service you can be sure that the project will be completed on time and for the price originally proposed. 
     
  • No need for capital outlay
     
    RBDS is not the only way of bio-decontaminating a large area, but it is the best; and it means that no costly equipment purchase is required. This also means that considerations concerning calibration and maintenance, upgrades and, of course, training are also taken care of by Bioquell. This all leads to…
     
  • Real world cost savings
     
    We all appreciate that implementing a new system or service inherently seems expensive. Whether going from in-house to out-sourced, or simply upgrading existing procedures, it’s a “new cost”. However, RBDS is able to demonstrate large, actual, cost savings on projects either through reducing down time, stopping on-going issues (i.e. continuing patient infection acquisition) or simply reducing the number of staff required to get the remediation work completed. Bioquell is happy to discuss how these cost savings will help you and we will work with you to build a business case for on-going contracted services. 
     

FAQs

 
What is Bioquell RBDS?

Bioquell’s Room Bio-Decontamination Service (RBDS) is a fully inclusive and managed decontamination solution which uses hydrogen peroxide vapor to eradicate microorganisms from the environment. Whether on a scheduled basis, reacting to an emergency or as part of a long term bio-burden reduction program, RBDS has a number of packages which can be tailored to your specific needs. 

What do I have to provide?

Nothing. Bioquell provide the equipment, consumables and highly trained engineers to quickly, efficiently and, most importantly, safely decontaminate the target area.
 

What do I get?

Apart from the practical deployment, RBDS is supported by a raft of documentation including:

  • Full site survey documents
  • Safety information
  • Risk assessment
  • Method statement
  • Full, detailed report
  • Decontamination certificate

How long will it take?

This depends entirely on the volume of the area and the level of equipment contained therein. Typically however, a room of approximately 50m3 (or a patient side room) can be turned around in around in 2-3 hours (depending on its configuration). Typically for much larger volumes (say a whole unit or production facility) 16-24 hours should be allowed from arrival of our team on site to reusing the area. Specific timescales will be given for each project.

How do I know it has been successful?

Our engineers monitor all parameters of the cycle from outside of the target area to ensure all equipment is performing with in specified limits and that the correct set points have been achieved. However, to ensure that our process has achieved our claims, we use biological indicators (a 6-log spore challenge) throughout the facility to ensure that a high level bio-deactivation has been achieved.

Can I leave my equipment in the area?

Yes – and Bioquell keenly encourages you to do so. Equipment which has been removed will then have to be put back which a) provides additional work and b) seriously increases the risk of reintroduction of contamination. By leaving the equipment in the area it can be bio-decontaminated along with the environment. If the equipment has fans or airpaths in it (for example a computer) then we recommend leaving this switched on to ensure that the hydrogen peroxide vapor penetrates all areas ensuring a complete, inside and out, bio-decontamination.

What about consumables?

It should be noted that Bioquell’s process is a surface decontamination system and as such any surface which the vapor gets to is decontaminated. The more surfaces which are clear the better and so our intervention should be considered as a good juncture to rationalize the consumables within the area and dispose of those which could present a serious risk to the process or are not necessary to keep (i.e. a half used box of gloves presents a risk of cross contamination and are inexpensive to replace).

Is it safe?

Because of Bioquell's processes and procedures, not to mentioned the extensive training and on-going assessment received by our engineers, we have now completed over 60,000 decontaminations without incident. Full method statement and risk assessment documentation is provided.

But I have air conditioning…

Most areas we deploy to also have air conditioning systems of varying different types. We are able to examine drawings, pressure regimes, or the physical system and determine the effect this could have on the process. It is not uncommon for us to include the decontamination of the air conditioning system within the scope of the project, including the HEPA filters that can sometimes be contained within.

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