STERIS (NYSE:STE) has launched a new room biodecontamination device aimed at life sciences customers such as animal research labs and biotechnology companies.
Mentor, Ohio-based STERIS’ new device, called the VHP Victory Room Biodecontamination Unit, uses dry, vaporized hydrogen peroxide to sterilize a room as well as the equipment in it.
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A customer might use the decontamination device, for example, to sterilize a room and equipment after a virus outbreak among research mice or to decommission a research facility, said Art Papineau, a product manager with STERIS.
“As STERIS’ process [uses] a dry vapor, it is highly compatible with most materials in these spaces and naturally breaks down into water and oxygen, rendering it a very green process,” Papineau said.
STERIS has received several regulatory clearances from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently, such as 510(k) clearances for a software modification and an accessory part for its System 1E liquid chemical sterilization system.