What are the common needs for sterilizing veterinary medical instruments? Veterinary care facilities have a number of requirements to look for in an autoclave. Depending upon the specific facility, users will need to sterilize instruments, mostly unwrapped, as well as …
What kind of autoclave should you choose if you have to sterilize a tall item, glassware or vessel? We get requests fairly often for people looking for an autoclave to sterilize tall or otherwise custom-size glassware. Tall vessels can present …
An autoclave is a heated chamber used to sterilize various types of media, by means of dry saturated steam under pressure. In order to achieve dry saturated steam, air has to be removed from both the material inside the autoclave, …
Why Natural Bedding? In containment facilities, there are a variety of different biowaste streams that have to be treated before they can leave the facility to be disposed of – anything which may have come into contact with infectious material …
Got Bedding? How Do You Treat It? The use of natural bedding materials in contained environments is increasing, with animal welfare and accompanying regulations being the drivers. Effective decontamination of these materials can be a challenge due to the nature …
We receive many calls from our clients asking about switching from traditional solvents to new alternative greener chemistries for cleaning parts and process containers. As a clean technology company, PRI supports the development of these types of chemistries– commonly, these …
What is Biological Validation by Design? A good validation method gives you a routine, repeatable way to verify the efficacy of your biowaste treatment system. Validation is not intended to replace the proven time, temperature and pressure metrics which are …
What is an IBC? What are their Uses? Intermediate Bulk Containers, or IBCs, are reusable, bulk storage containers used to transport and store liquids and other substances such as paint, coatings, solvents, oils, chemicals, food, water, granulated materials, and even pharmaceuticals. …
As the users of continuous flow biowaste inactivation systems continue to study higher levels of hazardous microorganisms in pharma and biologics, there is an increased need for effective, routine biological validation. Current validation methodologies for continuous systems are either labor …
How PlateVac Solved an Industry Problem In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Flexographic Plate Maker was looking for a replacement to Perchloroethylene (Perc), used as a plate wash solvent in the production of photopolymer printing plates. Perc had …