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An article recently featured in Building Better Healthcare discusses how one hospital is using Bioquell BQ-50 systems to help to stop the spread of norovirus, MRSA, and other drug-resistant micro-organisms. It reviews Bioquell’s technology and how it is ideal for hospital settings. Importantly, the article states that Bioquell technology “can get into all of the […]

February 24, 2020 Human coronaviruses1 are common throughout the world. Human coronaviruses commonly cause mild to moderate illness. Two newer human coronaviruses, MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV, have been known to cause severe illness. A novel coronavirus, COVID-19 (formerly 2019-nCoV), emerged in 2019 and is causing concern. What is COVID-19 acute respiratory disease (COVID-19)?2 Chinese authorities identified […]

Study reveals an optimal decontamination solution for Coronavirus Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor technology can eliminate Coronavirus from contaminated surfaces A coronavirus is a virus that occurs in the nose, sinuses or upper throat. While most coronaviruses are not dangerous, in early January 2020, the World Health Organisation identified the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in China. Novel […]

When a Singapore-based vertical farming facility, needed a fast and effective alternative to its slow and labor intensive manual cleaning operations during a crop changeover, it turned to Bioquell and its highly effective Rapid Bio Decontamination Service (RBDS). Bioquell RBDS successfully decontaminated its indoor vertical hydroponic room without interruption to the company’s workflow. The facility […]

Although Biological Indicators are commonly used as biodecontamination indicators, there are several limitations associated with their use. Bioquell chemical indicators offer a solution to the limitations of BIs and are formulated and calibrated to a defined BI response to Bioquell hydrogen peroxide vapor technology, providing a visible color change to indicate 6 log kill conditions […]

When performing automated decontamination cycles using hydrogen peroxide vapor, user safety is of the utmost importance. To ensure this, it is important that any low-level hydrogen peroxide sensor, used to determine the end of a decontamination cycle, is accurate. Doing so also helps optimize cycle time. Testing and experience have shown that inaccuracies can unnecessarily […]

The legalization of cannabis has driven the expansion of commercial cannabis farming within the United States since 2012. With the price of legally produced cannabis around the $1500 to $3000 USD per pound (Cannabis Benchmarks, 2018) both new and traditional farmers are developing growing facilities for this high value crop. Commercial cannabis crops are susceptible […]

The Bioquell US office celebrated the grand opening of its new state-of-the-art technology center this past June. The team hosted a local networking group of about 50 people for the event which was fully catered and included a ribbon cutting ceremony. The new facility showcases the company’s full range of high performance biodecontamination systems and […]

Bioquell ProteQ offers major cost benefits, a modular, upgradeable design and new features including wireless connectivity, built-in aeration & graphical user interface Bioquell (www.bioquell.com) – a leading global expert in reducing the risk of bio-contamination in the pharmaceutical, life science and healthcare markets – has launched the cost effective and high performance Bioquell ProteQ mobile […]

John Chewins, Director, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs – Bioquell As most laboratory professionals will be aware, on the 1st January 2016, the EU officially adopted the reclassification of Formaldehyde, under the CLP (Classification, Labelling and Packaging) Regulations EC 1272/2008, as a Class 1B Carcinogen and Class 2 Mutagen. In simple terms, a Class 1B identification […]