Removal of biofilms

A biofilm in pharmaceutical water systems is a layer of slime in which microorganisms (bacteria, algae, fungi and protozoans (pathogens)) are embedded. This organic growth can appear wherever water comes into contact with hard surfaces.

Microorganisms invade all the boundary layers and contact surfaces between the water and the wall of the particular container, and there they join to form highly efficient communities in which biofilm cells combine to create biofilm cultures to prevent them from being washed away.

Biofilms are the ideal breeding ground for pathogenic substances. Their formation in systems carrying water is influenced by initial contamination, temperature, water parameters, the availability of nutrients and the way in which the water system is operated. It is enough for individual microbial structures of pathogenic species to invade the water system, create the biofilm or colonise an existing biofilm. The biofilm is thereby infected, serves as a habitat for all species with pathogenic potential and becomes a rapidly growing hygiene problem.

Removing it is often very difficult and time-consuming. In order to remove biofilms we use a cleaning procedure which we developed ourselves.

Clean - Flush - Sanitize - Flush - Passivate - Flush...

this is the procedure for removing a biofilm in a corrosion-free circulation system. For this purpose we only use qualifiable cleaning solutions. By using „clean“ chemical blends we avoid any possible contamination of the high-purity systems from the outside.