PRESS RELEASE
11th January, 2008
BIOQUELL PLC

First in-situ long term ‘proactive’ decontamination
contract win in a NHS hospital

BIOQUELL announces that Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the first hospital trust in the UK to deploy a BIOQUELL 'Proactive' team on a preventative basis, to combat hospital acquired infection.

The BIOQUELL ‘proactive’ team comprises an on-site team of highly trained BIOQUELL engineers and specialist, proprietary hydrogen peroxide vapour sterilisation equipment which is used to decontaminate rooms or equipment in a hospital on a preventative basis against “superbugs” including Clostridium difficile, MRSA, Acinetobacter, VRE or norovirus. (To date, BIOQUELL has two ‘proactive’ teams deployed in hospitals in the US.)

Commenting on this long term contract win, Nick Adams, Chief Executive of BIOQUELL PLC said:

“After a decade of research and development into the decontamination of “superbugs” and sterilisation of rooms containing sensitive electronic equipment, we are delighted to see BIOQUELL’s unique hydrogen peroxide vapour technology being deployed in a proactive manner against hospital acquired infection in the UK.”


Further information on the deployment of BIOQUELL’s technology against hospital acquired infection in NHS hospitals is available on the Department of Health's web site. Click HERE to be directed to the relevant web pages.

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE
GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS
NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
9th January 2008

The latest weapon in the fight against infection is launched today at the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

As of Friday January 11th, the BIOQUELL proactive team will be in place and on site at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and Cheltenham General Hospitals to deep clean areas with
high-tech equipment.

“Effectively this is a rapid response team to help us keep the hospitals as clean as possible,” said Director of Infection Prevention and Control at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Dr Jim Stone.

The company BIOQUELL uses mobile machinery which can deep clean areas using Hydrogen Peroxide Vapour (HPV) Clarus Technology. This oxidises organisms, removing bacteria, fungi and viruses. Therefore, if a patient with an infection is in a side room, it can be deep cleaned effectively after they leave, reducing infection rates and open to new patients more quickly.

“Staff and patients cannot be present during cleaning due to the vapour,” said Dr Stone, “but they will be able to return to the ward within an hour, depending on the size of the area cleaned".

“Due to bed pressures and the difficulty in decanting patients, the system will be used opportunistically, making it ideal for cleaning side rooms and bays.”

Matthew Parks, Head of BIOQUELL’s Room Bio-Decontamination Service, said:

“It is exciting to see our technology, which is also used to provide sterile conditions for pharmaceutical production facilities, used as a proactive and preventative measure in the Gloucestershire NHS Trust hospitals. This technology will benefit patients by providing them with a sterile room in which to be treated.”

To view this press release on the Gloucestershire Hospitals
NHS Foundation Trust web site Click HERE..