Envirodecon™ is an handheld AI-powered multispectral fluorescence image-guided surface inspection and contamination detection device for monitoring the efficacy of sanitation procedures in various industries. It can detect bacteria, biofilm, mold, and other contaminants on surfaces and provide real-time guidance for environmental monitoring, infection prevention, and control in various industries and production facilities.
It can rapidly detect, and document invisible organic, residues, and biofilms on surfaces, which may host and spread pathogens.
Generally, the other surface contamination detection and sampling techniques are random and feel like a leap into the dark. Envirodecon™ can better detect surface contaminants such as organic and inorganic materials and guide sampling, cleaning and sanitation.
Envirodecon™ is like a GPS for surface microbes and other contaminants, providing real-time guidance and accurate information during surface sampling, cleaning, and sanitation.
Envirodecon™ can detect bacteria, mold, and biofilms from species typical of pathogens found in that environment and other target microorganisms in various environments across many industries, including food, healthcare, pharmaceutical companies, hotels, public transport, airlines, cruise ships, cannabis, veterinary and other industries.
Unlike other methods, Envirodecon™ fluorescence-guided imaging is simple, safe, and very environmentally friendly, because it can scan an entire surface and get immediate results without using harmful dyes, chemical gels, or gases.
It provides immediate results so within a short time corrective interventions can be implemented, therefore more cost-effective than other methods for large surface areas contamination detection.
While using the Envirodecon™, the user should wear adequate eye protective glasses or even clear safety glasses. This is unlike other UV torch that require high intensity LED or UV eye protective glasses.
A fundamental principle of infection prevention and control (ICP) in dairy, BioPharma, food production, and healthcare settings is environmental cleaning. Using Envirodecon™, the location of contaminants, such as biofilms, mold, and bacteria (Listeria, Salmonella, and E.coli), and organic residues can be easily identified and located, enabling decontamination to be done more efficiently and at a lower cost.
In addition, Envirodecon™ enables you to illuminate the entire surface and get an immediate result, so within seconds you can detect contamination that would take hours with other technologies. It is superior to other methods for large surface contamination detection devices because it provides immediate results to make the remediation job effective.
Envirodecon™ indicates the presence of microorganisms at low and high levels of contamination, allowing easy identification of areas in which cleaning had not been effective. It provides immediate detection and documentation of contaminants on surfaces that may cause disease spread.
Envirodecon™ is an effective bacteria and biofilm detection scanner that uses advanced UV technologies and AI-powered multispectral imaging to detect bacterial contaminants on surfaces that are often missed when using visual assessment with white light or typical UV lamps.
It is a leading surface microbial detection and preventative control technology for the medical, food processing, nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, and many other industries. It makes it easier for manufacturers to comply with good manufacturing practices(GMP) by auditing and eliminating microbial contamination risks.
Envirodecon™ sets the standard in fluorescence-guided surface bacteria detection by leveraging advanced AI-powered multispectral imaging technology. Unlike traditional methods that often leave behind hidden contaminants, Envirodecon™ provides a precise, real-time visualization of bacterial biofilms.
This innovative approach ensures that even the most stubborn and invisible bacteria are identified and addressed, significantly enhancing cleaning protocols. By making the unseen visible, Envirodecon™ not only boosts hygiene standards but also offers a reliable solution for infection control specialists aiming to create safer, cleaner environments.
Envirodecon™’s ability to distinguish between different types of contaminants through its multispectral imaging sets it apart from conventional UV lamps and other detection technologies. This precision allows for targeted cleaning interventions, reducing the risk of surface bacteria spreading and causing infections.
Furthermore, Envirodecon™ is designed to be user-friendly, ensuring that even those without extensive technical knowledge can effectively utilize its capabilities. By integrating AI, Envirodecon™ continuously learns and improves, offering unparalleled accuracy in bacteria detection.
Its compliance with major health and safety regulations underscores its reliability and effectiveness, making it an indispensable tool in maintaining high standards of cleanliness and infection prevention in various settings, from healthcare facilities to food processing plants.
Envirodecon™ not only meets but exceeds industry expectations, setting a new benchmark in surface contamination detection and ensuring environments are safer and healthier for everyone.
Bacteria have a natural tendency to adhere to surfaces, creating a protective jelly-like biofilm as they grow. This biofilm can become glass-like and resistant due to continuous washing with ineffective cleaning agents, leading to chemical hardening of the protective layer. Despite routine cleaning with detergents and biocides, these bacteria can thrive beneath the biofilm, multiplying at alarming rates and posing significant health risks.
In healthcare facilities, dry surface biofilm is a particularly common and insidious problem. These biofilms can form on a variety of surfaces, including medical equipment and environmental surfaces, and they often go undetected by traditional cleaning methods. The biofilm can harbor pathogenic bacteria, leading to the potential for cross-contamination and healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Dry surface biofilm is especially problematic because it can survive in harsh conditions and remains adhesive, making it difficult to remove completely with standard cleaning protocols.
These contaminated surfaces might appear clean under standard white light or UV lamps, as the biofilm remains invisible to the naked eye. However, Envirodecon™ revolutionizes biofilm detection by making these hidden threats visible. When surfaces are examined using Envirodecon™’s advanced fluorescence technology, the biofilm emits a distinct glow, revealing areas of contamination instantly.
This real-time visualization allows for the immediate implementation of effective biofilm mitigation strategies and helps in evaluating the efficacy of cleaning protocols, ensuring that no biofilm, including stubborn dry surface biofilms, remains undetected and untreated. By setting a new standard in surface biofilm detection, Envirodecon™ significantly enhances the safety and hygiene of healthcare environments, protecting both patients and healthcare workers from the risks of persistent bacterial contamination.
See the difference between what is seen when using standard white light to view surfaces compared to what can be seen using Envirodecon™’s fluorescent imaging.
Envirodecon™’s rapid scanning capability is particularly advantageous in environments where time and accuracy are critical. In healthcare facilities, for example, swift and thorough detection of contaminants can prevent the spread of infections and ensure a safer environment for both patients and staff. Similarly, in industrial settings such as food processing plants or pharmaceutical manufacturing, Envirodecon™’s ability to quickly identify contamination helps maintain stringent hygiene standards and comply with regulatory requirements.
The new generation of high-intensity UV excitation emission in Envirodecon™ enables operators to view large areas from long distances. For instance, contamination at the top of a silo or tank can be detected while standing at the bottom, eliminating the need for extensive and time-consuming inspections. Envirodecon™’s ability to illuminate the entire surface and provide immediate results sets it apart from other large surface biofilm detection technologies. This rapid detection capability not only saves time but also enhances the effectiveness of remediation efforts, ensuring that contamination is addressed promptly and thoroughly.
Moreover, Envirodecon™ offers superior performance compared to traditional methods of large surface biofilm detection. While other technologies may require hours to thoroughly inspect large areas, Envirodecon™ delivers immediate results, allowing for prompt and effective remediation. This efficiency not only reduces downtime but also minimizes the risk of contamination spreading during the inspection process. By providing a fast, reliable, and comprehensive solution for large surface contamination detection, Envirodecon™ sets a new benchmark in maintaining cleanliness and safety across various industries.
The Envirodecon™ allows the user to quickly, safely and easily visualize bacteria, biofilm and mold on surfaces.
Handheld, portable, just point scan to detect bacteria and biofilm on surfaces.
Allows for targeted sampling and cleaning by seeing exactly where fluorescent bacteria are located.
Perform unlimited number of scans without consumables and at no additional cost.
A turquoise-green fluorescence on surfaces indicates the presence of bacteria, biofilm or mold.
Instantly visualize and reveals location of potentially harmful levels of bacteria.
Immediately see where to sample, and clean with the guidance of fluorescence imaging.
Does not use any consumables, harmful dyes, gels, chemicals or gases.
Envirodecon™ provides real-time visualization of fluorescing bacteria, biofilm, and mold on surfaces but not seen with white light.
Fluorescence imaging illuminates the entire surface and identifies the exact location of surface bacteria, biofilm, and mold. Thus, enabling direct sampling of the turquoise fluorescence areas, indicative of surface bacterial and bacterial biofilms, to help break the contamination chain.
Targeting sampling to areas positive for bacteria fluorescence improves the sample recovery of pathogens by sampling areas with true-positive bacterial growth, thus increasing accuracy and reducing overall sampling costs.
Fluorescence images demonstrate where bacteria have been left behind after cleaning. In addition, it helps to isolate biofilms immediately and select effective cleaning agents and methods to protect health and safety.
Visual documentation of the absence of fluorescing bacteria on previously cleaned surfaces confirms the efficacy of your cleaning agents and methods; thus, Fluorescence image guidance helps identify the potential root cause for inadequate cleaning or contaminations.
In addition, it provides validation of the effectiveness of cleaning standards of operations and identifies environmental contamination hazards and risks.
Envirodecon™ guided environmental monitoring provides real-time observations and measurements of the execution of Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOPs). This system allows for the detection of procedural failures before production begins, ensuring that any issues are corrected promptly. By identifying and addressing these failures in real-time, Envirodecon™ helps maintain high standards of cleanliness and safety in various production environments.
This innovative technology can easily identify contamination on stainless steel and on various types of surfaces, which are often invisible under white light. Envirodecon™ offers a cost-effective approach to preventative control and environmental monitoring, in healthcare, food production, dairy, brewery, and pharmaceutical companies. It immediately visualizes bacteria, biofilm, and mold that other technologies cannot detect, setting a new standard for environmental monitoring and ensuring that production environments remain safe and hygienic.
Envirodecon™’s ability to provide immediate visualization of bacteria, biofilm, and mold is a game-changer for industries that rely on stringent sanitation standards. By using high-intensity UV light and advanced fluorescence imaging, Envirodecon™ can detect even the smallest traces of contamination that might otherwise go unnoticed. This ensures that all potential sources of contamination are identified and addressed before they can pose a risk to production quality and safety.
In healthcare settings, Envirodecon™ plays a crucial role in preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). By accurately detecting biofilms and other contaminants on medical equipment and surfaces, it ensures that rigorous cleaning protocols are maintained, thus safeguarding patient health. Similarly, in the food industry, Envirodecon™ helps prevent food-borne illnesses by ensuring that production environments are free from harmful bacteria and molds.
Its real-time monitoring capabilities allow for continuous surveillance of the production environment, minimizing the risk of contamination-related issues. The integration of Envirodecon™ into regular SSOPs enables companies to maintain compliance with regulatory standards, enhance their preventive control measures, and ensure the highest levels of product safety. By setting a new benchmark in environmental monitoring, Envirodecon™ helps companies across various industries safeguard their production processes, protect public health, and maintain consumer trust.
In healthcare facilities, the focus is often on cleaning high touchpoints to prevent and control the transmission of harmful pathogens. While cleaning these areas is based on sound principles, it often overlooks other contamination sites that can transmit pathogens to vulnerable individuals. Envirodecon™ addresses this gap by using environmentally friendly UV lamps to illuminate beyond high touchpoints, quickly identifying all areas harboring microbial contaminants. This comprehensive approach provides accurate audits of your healthcare facility, ensuring it meets cleanliness and compliance with regulatory standards.
Envirodecon™’s advanced UV technology highlights bacterial contamination that might be invisible under standard inspection methods, ensuring that cleaning efforts are both thorough and effective. This capability is crucial in environments like hospitals, where undetected pathogens can pose severe risks to patient health. By illuminating hidden contaminants, Envirodecon™ helps maintain high hygiene standards, reducing the likelihood of healthcare-associated infections and ensuring a safer environment for everyone.
Moreover, the portability and ease of use of Envirodecon™ make it an invaluable tool for routine cleaning verification. It provides instant feedback, allowing cleaning staff to immediately address any missed areas and ensuring that the entire facility is genuinely clean. This not only boosts the efficacy of sanitation protocols but also reinforces the trust of patients, staff, and regulatory bodies in the facility’s commitment to health and safety. With Envirodecon™, the concept of “real clean” is redefined, setting a new benchmark for cleanliness that goes beyond the superficial, ensuring that facilities are not just clean by appearance, but truly free from harmful contaminants.
Envirodecon™ establishes a higher standard of “real clean” instead of just “visually clean”, therefore it is not “real clean” until it is “Envirodecon™ Clean”.
Cleaning processes aimed at mitigating contamination or health risks must be validated to ensure they consistently deliver the desired results. Cleaning validation assesses whether Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOPs), when followed, can meet the established and mutually agreed-upon success criteria. This validation is crucial for maintaining high hygiene standards and ensuring effective contamination control in various industries.
Envirodecon™’s advanced UV technology ensures that every aspect of your cleaning process is thoroughly validated. This system provides real-time feedback, allowing for immediate adjustments and improvements to cleaning protocols. By incorporating Envirodecon™ into your cleaning validation program, you can confidently verify that all cleaning procedures are effective, reducing the risk of contamination and enhancing overall hygiene standards.
Incorporating Envirodecon™ into your cleaning validation program enhances the repeatability and predictability of your cleaning outcomes. By using Envirodecon™, you ensure that your cleaning validation relies on accurate and reliable technology rather than individual performance. This advanced system provides objective, consistent results, confirming that your SSOPs are effective and that your facility maintains the highest standards of cleanliness and safety.
Furthermore, Envirodecon™ helps maintain compliance with regulatory requirements by providing documented evidence of cleaning efficacy. This not only supports internal quality assurance but also demonstrates a commitment to health and safety to external auditors and regulatory bodies. With Envirodecon™, you can ensure that your facility meets and exceeds cleanliness standards, protecting both your operations and the health of those who rely on your services. By relying on cutting-edge technology for cleaning validation, Envirodecon™ sets a new benchmark for reliability and precision in maintaining a truly clean environment.
Envirodecon™ environment monitoring has proven to be an invaluable method for assessing post-sanitation surface hygiene. While it significantly enhances the detection of surface contaminants, it cannot entirely replace traditional microbiology tests needed to evaluate the efficacy of disinfectants. Conventional microbial or molecular tests are still necessary to measure disinfectant effectiveness, as they involve counting the number of colony-forming units on a specific surface area.
However, Envirodecon™ can greatly improve the process of microbial testing. By guiding swabbing efforts, Envirodecon™ increases the microbial yield and accuracy of both microbial swabbing and molecular sampling. It identifies areas with high levels of contamination, ensuring that samples are taken from the most relevant spots. This targeted approach enhances the reliability of microbial testing, providing a more accurate assessment of disinfectants’ efficacy and ultimately supporting higher standards of cleanliness and hygiene.
By integrating Envirodecon™ into your disinfectant validation processes, you can ensure a more thorough and precise evaluation of cleaning protocols. Envirodecon™ identifies hotspots of contamination that might otherwise be missed, enabling more targeted and effective sampling. This not only enhances the accuracy of microbial testing but also helps in fine-tuning disinfection strategies to address the most critical areas.
Moreover, Envirodecon™ supports continuous improvement in sanitation practices by providing real-time feedback and visual confirmation of contamination levels. This enables facilities to promptly address any deficiencies in their cleaning procedures and ensure that disinfectants are performing as expected. By leveraging the advanced capabilities of Envirodecon™, you can achieve a higher standard of hygiene, protect against potential health risks, and maintain compliance with stringent regulatory requirements. Envirodecon™ bridges the gap between traditional microbiological testing and modern environmental monitoring, offering a comprehensive solution for validating disinfectant efficacy and ensuring a truly clean and safe environment.
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By leveraging Envirodecon™’s real-time fluorescent imaging, CIGS ensures that surface sampling is both precise and comprehensive. This method highlights areas with the highest likelihood of contamination, which can be easily missed with random or blind swabbing. Consequently, CIGS identifies bacterial, biofilm, mold, and organic residue presence more accurately and boosts the efficiency and yield of sampling processes, leading to more reliable and actionable results.
Envirodecon™ Image-Guided Sampling™ (CIGS) significantly improves the accuracy of detecting bacterial presence or biofilms on surfaces compared to standard random swabbing. CIGS maximizes the recovered bacterial load, enhancing the efficiency of culture-based methods, qPCR and ATP assays, DNA sequencing, high-throughput sequencing, and microarray analyses. When integrated into standard SSOPs, CIGS offers a straightforward yet superior sampling technique over conventional random swabbing. It increases the thoroughness of surface sampling and subsequently improves the effectiveness of remediation efforts, ensuring a higher standard of cleanliness and contamination control.
By improving the thoroughness of surface sampling and the effectiveness of subsequent remediation, Envirodecon™ Image-Guided Sampling™ sets a new benchmark in contamination detection and control, ultimately contributing to safer and cleaner environments in various industries.
Envirodecon™ is a highly effective preventive control technology widely used in healthcare, food safety, and various other industries. Its advanced imaging capabilities make it an invaluable tool for ensuring that surfaces are thoroughly cleaned and free of harmful contaminants. In industries where reducing food safety risks is critical, ATP validated cleaning processes are essential preventive controls that need regular verification to ensure their ongoing effectiveness.
Envirodecon™ facilitates the frequent and formal verification of these ATP validated cleaning protocols. By providing real-time, accurate assessments, Envirodecon™ ensures that the cleaning processes continue to function as designed and effectively mitigate contamination risks. This ongoing verification not only maintains high standards of hygiene but also provides documented evidence of compliance with preventive control measures, supporting both internal quality assurance and external regulatory requirements. With Envirodecon™, you can confidently verify that your ATP validated cleaning protocols are consistently achieving the desired results, safeguarding public health and maintaining trust in your operations.
The surface adenosine triphosphate (ATP) bioluminescence assay is a well-established scientific method for assessing surface cleanliness. However, it is not technically efficient or accurate when using a small tip device to sample large surfaces to identify microbial or organic contaminants. Additionally, ATP monitoring for cleaning is often random, leading to a high false-negative rate and potentially missing critical areas of contamination.
Envirodecon™ fluorescence-guided imaging offers a solution by illuminating large surface areas with special wavelengths on the UV spectrum. This advanced imaging technology identifies the locations of surface pathogens and organic residues that other methods might miss. By guiding ATP bioluminescence tests to the exact areas of microbial contamination, Envirodecon™ significantly enhances the accuracy and effectiveness of environmental swabbing. This targeted approach makes ATP testing more precise and cost-effective, ensuring that cleaning efforts are accurately validated and that high hygiene standards are maintained.
Moreover, the integration of Envirodecon™ with ATP testing streamlines the workflow and enhances overall efficiency. Cleaning teams can quickly and accurately locate and address contamination, leading to improved sanitation protocols and reduced risk of infection or contamination. This combination of technologies ensures that surface cleanliness is not only assessed more accurately but also maintained at higher standards. By serving as the perfect prelude to ATP testing, Envirodecon™ helps maintain rigorous cleanliness and safety protocols across various industries, from healthcare to food production, thereby protecting public health and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are among the most common and serious adverse outcomes in medical care, leading to increased mortality, morbidity, and prolonged hospital stays. The contamination of surfaces, especially those frequently touched, harbors pathogens that can easily transmit to patients, exacerbating the risk of HAIs.
High-touch surfaces in the patient care environment, such as bed rails, tables, switches, buttons, and mobile equipment, are prime sites for pathogen transfer. Clinical studies have shown that enhanced cleaning of these surfaces significantly reduces cross-contamination. Effective healthcare hygiene requires a comprehensive approach that combines multiple strategies with targeted, risk-based measures to minimize HAI risks for patients. This system includes rigorous hand hygiene practices and thorough cleaning and disinfection of surfaces and clinical equipment.
Envirodecon™ plays a pivotal role in this integrated approach by monitoring the cleaning and disinfection of healthcare environments. It aids in basic clinical risk assessments, selecting appropriate disinfectants and cleaning equipment, standardizing cleaning processes, and addressing training needs. Envirodecon™’s ability to immediately detect surface contaminants, including biofilms—implicated in over 80% of nosocomial infections—ensures effective sampling, cleaning, and decontamination. By identifying and mitigating contamination risks promptly, Envirodecon™ helps prevent HAIs, enhancing patient safety and care quality.
More than ever, food manufacturers are prioritizing the cleanliness of their facilities to ensure a sanitary working environment. Despite appearances, a surface that looks clean may still harbor invisible contaminants and debris, posing a risk to the food products that come into contact with it. Mitigating this risk is crucial to prevent product contamination and ensure food safety.
Envirodecon™ offers food processors the most efficient and reliable method for environmental pathogen detection, allowing them to verify the effectiveness of their cleaning processes. This advanced technology illuminates entire surfaces, enabling the immediate isolation of biofilms, mold, and harmful bacteria such as Listeria, Salmonella, and E. coli. By using Envirodecon™, food processors can easily identify and monitor critical control points in the food production chain that may serve as reservoirs for bacterial growth due to ineffective cleaning. This proactive approach significantly reduces the risk of product contamination, ensuring that food products are safe for consumption and maintaining high standards of food safety.
Media scrutiny and public awareness of food safety are on the rise, making it crucial for food service establishments to maintain impeccable hygiene standards. A single incident of food-borne illness, poor quality, or an exposé of unsanitary conditions at any franchise location can have disastrous effects on a brand. Therefore, food quality and safety must be rigorously managed from the supplier to the restaurant.
Food processors have relied on Envirodecon™ to rapidly verify the cleanliness of food handling equipment surfaces and prevent food safety and quality issues. Now, restaurants are leveraging Envirodecon™ to provide excellent protection against food-borne illnesses. Envirodecon™ delivers immediate results, helping franchise owners, regional auditors, and restaurant managers verify and monitor food safety sanitation processes to ensure they are effectively implemented. Regional auditors can quickly confirm that franchise locations and commissaries maintain the highest levels of facility hygiene, with on-demand environmental contamination monitoring available anywhere.
Envirodecon™ rapidly illuminates surfaces for bacteria, mold, or biofilm, detecting microbiological contamination before a devastating outbreak can occur. This capability allows for immediate corrective actions, ensuring cleaning procedures are effective and preventing future issues. By identifying the precise locations of microbial contamination, Envirodecon™ helps break the contamination chain and significantly reduce the risk of food-borne illnesses. Additionally, Envirodecon™ is cost-effective and easy to use, simplifying implementation and minimizing the need for extensive team member training. This makes it an indispensable tool for maintaining food safety and protecting the reputation of food service establishments.
Incomplete cleaning that leaves residual bacteria on surfaces can quickly lead to guest illness or, even worse, an outbreak that can result in life-threatening infections. Envirodecon™ helps prevent such scenarios by illuminating entire areas to detect germs and bacteria before your guests do. This enables you to ensure effective cleaning, preventing negative experiences and protecting your reputation through a proactive approach to providing excellent service.
Envirodecon™ also helps prevent embarrassing hotel hygiene complaints by allowing for quick audits of hotel cleanliness and delivering immediate results. The Envirodecon™ environmental monitoring system not only detects germs and contamination but also verifies that your housekeeping staff is cleaning to the highest standards. By providing real-time feedback and ensuring thorough sanitation, Envirodecon™ helps maintain a safe and hygienic environment, enhancing guest satisfaction and safeguarding your brand’s reputation.
It’s Fast
Envirodecon™ requires no lab time or space and returns definitive results immediately.
It’s Simple
Be marvelled as Envirodecon™’s ultra-fast pathogen detection system illuminate surfaces and identifies the exact location of bacteria, biofilm, and mold.
It’s Comprehensive
Envirodecon™ provides early detection of microbes, to enable early implementation of mitigation, to prevent systemic contamination.
It’s Scalable
Envirodecon™ can perform an unlimited number of scans in a single day, at no additional cost.
It’s Cost-efficient
Not only is Envirodecon™ well-priced, but it also does not use any consumables. Envirodecon™ also increases the accuracy of conventional microbial detection methods— dramatically reducing both time and cost.
The real efficiencies of Envirodecon™ come from the prevention of infectious complications to consumers and patients, and from the money saved by reducing product loss to contamination.
It’s Eco-friendly
We place a lot of emphasis on the environment and corporate social responsibility, hence Envirodecon™ adheres to very high environmental and legislative standards.
Envirodecon™ doesn’t use any chemicals or consumables, which makes it an ideal environmentally friendly option. It has been specifically designed to avoid issues associated with the use of any harmful dyes, chemicals, gases, or gels.
The presence of bacteria or biofilms are visually evident as a turquoise-green fluorescence on the surfaces