Product Description
The Mini-Chlorine Dioxide System
(MCS)
(patent pending) is the safest and one of the
fastest devices currently available for the
decontamination of biological safety cabinets. The
MCS saves time
and money, and eliminates the use of a carcinogen
(formaldehyde). The MCS uses chlorine dioxide
(CD) gas, the
only alternative to formaldehyde validated by NSF International,
the organization that establishes manufacturing and usage practices
for biological safety cabinets. Built into the MCS is a charcoal gas-scrubbing
unit, allowing trained technicians to safely remove chlorine
dioxide gas from the target device after decontamination, requiring
no external venting or chemical
neutralization.
The
MCS is compatible with ALL
classifications, types and models of Biological Safety
Cabinets
This
includes: Class I's, Class II Type A1, A2, B1, B2 and Class
III's.
The MCS treats
volumes up to **0 ft2 (3.4m3), more than sufficient for these
and many other types of containment
devices.
The MCS provides complete
decontamination services in less than 4 hours,
including the setup and tear down of the BSC. This is a very
large improvement from formaldehyde, where the entire
decontamination process encompasses almost 2 work
days.
As a result of validation studies performed
under the guidance of the NSF International CD gas is the only decontamination chemical
alternative to formaldehyde included within their biological safety
cabinet document as a validated decontamination
method.
Why
Decontaminate BSC's?
Class I or Class II
(laminar flow) biological safety cabinets are designed to minimize
hazards inherent in work with biological agents. BSC’s can be used
for work with biological agents assigned to biosafety levels 1
through 4, depending on the facility design as described in the
CDC/NIH publication Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical
Laboratories.A BSC is a ventilated device for personnel,
product, and environmental protection having an open front with
inward airflow for personnel protection, downward HEPA filtered
laminar airflow for product protection, and HEPA filtered exhausted
air for environmental protection.
Recommendations and requirements to
certify BSC’s come from a variety of sources. All
manufacturers and NSF International recommend field certification
of BSC’s. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) and NIH state
that it is essential that Class I, II and III BSC’s be tested and
certified.
Decontamination
is a key component of certification.
NSF is responsible for developing and
issuing protocols for BSC decontaminations, which are published in
conjunction with CDC.
When
are BSC Decontaminations
Required?
- Decontamination shall be
performed when maintenance work, filter changes, or performance
tests require access to any contaminated portion of the
BSC
- Decontamination shall be
performed prior to relocation
- Decontamination shall be
performed prior to decommissioning, disposal or
salvage
- Decontamination may be
performed after gross spills of biological
agents
- Decontamination may be
performed if a product contamination is linked to the
BSC
- Decontamination may be
performed prior to initiating a totally different work program,
production runor study and shall be performed at the
completion of a work program, production run or
study
MCS advantages over
formaldehyde
- The kill rate of
CD is significantly greater
than that of formaldehyde, reducing contact time from at
least *2 hours to less than 2 hours.
- The CDprocess does not leave a
residue. This considerably reduces labor
requirements following the typical formaldehyde
decontamination.
- The cycle time for a
decontamination, from sealing to reopening the containment device,
is reduced from over *7 hours to less than 3 ½
hours. This allows the possibility of
decontaminations to be performed in the morning, with servicing
completed the same afternoon, eliminating a second trip to the
site.
-
Formaldehyde is a carcinogen. Chlorine Dioxide is
not.
Packaging for the
field service
technician
- The MCS is packaged in a single case
in which all items can be stored. This includes
attachments, tools, tapes and all support
supplies.
- The case has an
extendable handle and rolling casters. The
rotationally-molded wheeled case is manufactured from durable
polyethylene with a full-length heavy-duty piano hinge, cable lid
stays, military-style recessed latches and spring-loaded handles,
tongue-in-groove aluminum valances, and padlock provisions if let
on a site overnight.
- Universal intake / exhaust
sealing panels, supply / return ducting lines, port / round
duct adapters and a humidifier are supplied for all
styles of BSC's.
Essence of
the MCS for the field service
technician
- A humidity
source, humidity meter, and biological indicator (optional)
are the only items placed within the BSC to be
decontaminated.
- The BSC is
then sealed, incorporating into the seal a gas inlet and outlet
port for use with the MCS.
- No
other tubes, wires or other need to be run into the
BSC.
- After
appropriate humidity has been achieved, CD-producing and neutralization
chemicals are added to the MCS, and the decontamination cycle
begins.
- After an
exposure with a duration of *5 minutes, CD gas is removed from the
BSC using the scrubbing cycle of the MCS.
- After
approximately *5 minutes, the MCS is disengaged from the BSC and
the BSC may be unsealed.
Advantages of the MCS for the field service
technician
- The MCS.
recirculates humidity and the decontamination gas through the
BSC with or without the aid of the BSC's internal air
circulation blower(s). For the Class II type B2 the
MCS is the
circulation source for the entire decontamination
process
- The MCS. circulates humidity and the
decontamination gas through the BSC upstream and downstream exhaust
HEPA filter plenum's, eliminating the “dead leg” BSC problem, with
or without the aid of the BSC's internal air circulation
blower
- Gas
tight sealing panels for the introduction of the decontaminating
gas include a port that feeds through a power cord to energize
a humidity generator within the BSC.
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