Product Introduction of portable disinfection system FOGACT for lab equipment
FOGACT is an innovative product that atomizes peracetic acid to inside of the lab equipment and decontaminates its chamber.
Features
- Compact size. FOGACT can be placed inside various lab equipment.
- Decontamination process completes in about 1hour in CO2 incubators, and about 2 hour in safety cabinets.
- Since FOGACT atomizes peracetic acid in dry-fog which does not make the chamber wet, an operator does not need to wipe off residue, and it enable to avoide secondary contamination risks.
- FOGACT automatically calculate optimal process time from temperature and relateive humidity inside the chamber.
- FOGACT loggs temperature and humidity condition during the decontamination process.(in the case of using USB stick.)
- Disinfection agent “Actril” used with FOGACT is approved by the US EPA and FDA as an agent for medical device sterilization, hemodialysis line sterilization and so on.
- Actril is effective on almost all microorganisms including spore-forming bacteria, fungi and viruses.
- Actril does not affect human because it is biodegradable and does not have residual toxicity.
Examples of use
For strict change over process
For prevention of growing molds and germs.
For prevention of cross-contamination
For removing microorganisms from devices and consumables taken into the clean area, and decontamination of containers taken out form P3 areas.
Decontamination validation by using FOGACT validation kit
Validation can be conducted by placing a BI (Biological Indicator) for indicator microorganisms in a cabinet of lab equipment and incubating it.
It cannot be proved that the conventional decontamination way like wiping surface by alchohol is completely effective. However, the BI included in FOGACT validation kit allow an operator to confirm its effectiveness by conducting a validation.
Effectiveness of peractic acid by using FOGACT
106of spore-forming bacteria and 106 of fungal spores are deactivated in a short time.
Validation of the effectiveness of decontamination by using FOGACT
We prepared two kinds of BI and place them on chambers of the following equipment and decontaminated the inside of the chambers by using FOGACT. The results of the validation are as follows.
- Fungal spores (106)
Prepared by ourselves, Aspergillus brasilus (NBRC9455) - Spore-forming bacteria (106)
Validation kit, G.stearothermophilus (ATCC#7953)
CO2 incubator
| Locations BI placed on and the result of BI incubation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| BI | Upper shelf | Middle shelf | Lower shelf |
| 106 spore-forming bacteria | Negative (-) | Negative (-) | Negative (-) |
| 106 fungal spores | Negative (-) | Negative (-) | Negative (-) |
| *Initial Temp. 37C, Initial RH 33%, Decontamination time 54 minutes | |||
Safety cabinets
| Locations BI placed on and the result of BI incubation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| BI | Left | Center | Right |
| 106 spore-forming bacteria | Negative (-) | Negative (-) | Negative (-) |
| 106 fungal spores | Negative (-) | Negative (-) | Negative (-) |
| *Initial Temp. 23C, Initial RH 64%, Decontamination time 137 minutes | |||
Broad anti-bacterium spectrum of acetic perxide
Peracetic acid has an effectiveness on spore-forming bacteria that have alchohol disinfectants and Hypochlorous acid resistance. Besides, Peracetic acid does not affect human because it is biodegradable and does not make any residues.
| Disinfectant | General bacteria | Staphylococcus aureus | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Fungi | Spores |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peracetic acid | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| Glutaral | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| Formaldehyde | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | △ |
| Sodium hypochlorite | ○ | ○ | ○ | △ | ○ | △ |
| Ethanol | △ | △ | △ | △ | △ | ✕ |
| Iodoform | △ | △ | △ | △ | △ | ○ |
| Cresol | △ | △ | △ | △ | ○ | ✕ |
| Chlorhexidine gluconate | ○ | △ | ○ | ✕ | △ | ✕ |
| Benzalkonium chloride | ○ | △ | ○ | ✕ | △ | ✕ |
| Amphoteric surfactant | ○ | △ | ○ | △ | △ | ✕ |