New Incubators Incorporate Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor Decontamination Package

A novel decontamination system for CO2 incubators prevents growth of microorganisms and safeguards precious cell cultures.

The new line of incubators marketed by Sanyo (Nijverheidsweg, the Netherlands) boasts a unique hydrogen peroxide vapor decontamination option that provides complete decontamination while limiting incubator downtime to less than three hours.

This option, which is available on the MCO-19AIC CO2 and MCO-19M multigas incubators, is a low temperature process with no heat stress on electrical components and no impact on adjacent equipment and the surrounding environment.

The process depends on seven-minutes of incubation with hydrogen peroxide vapors followed by 90 minutes under the UV lamp, which reduces the hydrogen peroxide to water vapor and oxygen. More...