Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, ClorDiSys has been proudly
helping essential businesses protect their workers and operations by providing
contamination control solutions. Recently, our Decontamination Services
team assisted a contract manufacturer prepare their facility for the production
and storage of COVID-19 vaccines. This facility had previously been used
in the production of a beta-lactam antibiotic, which offered the unfortunate
possibility of cross-contamination of the beta-lactam used. With anywhere
from 10-20% of the general population having some allergic reaction to
penicillin or other beta-lactams, the facility required a true complete
decontamination in order to guarantee the safe manufacture and storage of the
new vaccines. In order to mitigate this risk, it was decided to treat the
area using chlorine dioxide gas. Having been shown effective against a
variety of
beta-lactams,
chlorine dioxide gas presented a verified process of treating the entire
environment. In this case, the facility treated the environment after
removing all prior equipment and before the installation of the new equipment.
The decontamination took place over the course of two days, and the facility
was able to start installing equipment the next day. We have always been
proud of the work accomplished at ClorDiSys over the past twenty years and
assisting in the safe production of vaccines to end the COVID-19 pandemic ranks
pretty high up on our list of achievements. Look for our blog post next week for more info regarding how we've assisted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
