- Ghislenghien BE & Tournus FR
Restore
Target the biofilm matrix with a strategy combining treatment, disinfection, rinsing, and controls.
In a biofilm, microorganisms organize within an adherent protective matrix, which can limit the effectiveness of conventional disinfection. Its removal requires a specific strategy.
The Challenges
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Targeting the matrix to facilitate its removal and the action of disinfection steps on microorganisms.
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Defining the scope of treatment by considering surfaces, circuit configuration, and operating conditions.
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Combining treatment, disinfection, rinsing, and controls to evaluate results and prepare for return to operation according to the defined criteria for the installation.
Your need
Biofilm removal relies on a strategy combining action on the biofilm matrix, disinfection, rinsing, and controls according to a defined protocol.
Technochim intervenes on process equipment and networks by adapting the treatment to the surface, the installation configuration, and operating conditions.
Our Approach
Each situation is different. Our approach starts from the actual state of the installation, your objective, and your constraints to define an adapted and controlled treatment strategy.
01
Diagnose
Identify contamination indicators, understand the installation, and define the scope of intervention.
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Treat the Matrix
Implement the appropriate sequence to act on the biofilm structure and promote the evacuation of detached matter, with intermediate rinses as per the protocol.
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Disinfect & Rinse
Perform the disinfection steps and rinses as per the protocol.
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Control & Monitor
Analyze the results, document the work performed, and define any monitoring to be implemented, if needed.
Understanding Biofilm
Disinfection primarily targets microorganisms. In a biofilm, these are associated with an extracellular matrix adhering to the surface, which provides additional protection.
A biofilm removal strategy combines action on its matrix, evacuation of detached matter, disinfection, and controls. The detailed order of operations and intermediate rinses are defined according to the chosen protocol.
Recurrent microbiological contamination does not, by itself, prove the presence of a biofilm. Observations, available analyses, and the installation’s history help guide the diagnosis and treatment strategy.
A clean fluid loop, a tank, or process equipment present different geometries and operating conditions.
The treatment strategy particularly considers materials, volumes, temperatures, circulation conditions, hard-to-reach areas, and rinsing possibilities.
Technochim uses adapted circulation methods to treat the affected surfaces and integrate the different steps into a controlled sequence.
PW/WFI Loops
Clean Fluid Networks
Tanks & Process Equipment
Piping
Skids
Technochim expertise
Technochim combines surface knowledge, chemical expertise, and understanding of process installations to build a strategy adapted to the microbiological issue encountered.
The intervention is not limited to product application: it integrates diagnosis, matrix treatment, disinfection, rinsing, and control.
