Critical Cleaning of Cannabis Webinar – Tuesday, February 22, 2022 (11am – 12pm US/Eastern)
Our own Michael Moussourakis, Senior Director Strategic Affairs at Alconox, LLC will be giving an informational webinar on the critical cleaning process of equipment in the cannabis industry. Critically clean processing equipment, whether it be labware, glassware, instrumentation, or processing…
Bleach with Detergents for Disinfection?
Q. What is the effect of adding bleach to Alconox, LLC products? We want to enhance our disinfection capability.
A. Some Alconox, LLC critical cleaners can be mixed with bleach (hypochlorite) for enhanced removal of bioorganic matter, bleaching or oxidizing properties, including: You can get some disinfection, but as we will explain, you need to clean a surface first before you disinfect.
How to verify brushes are clean?
Q: We were recently audited and we were asked: how do you prove that the brushes you are using are not cross-contaminating the equipment surface with residues?
A: How do you prove brushes are clean, or for that matter, any cleaning device is itself clean, is an excellent question. This can apply to any reusable instrument, cloths, tube brushes, sponges, etc.
Lab Glassware Cleaning: Liquid or Powder Detergent in Washer?
We have purchased one of your liquid low foaming detergents (the dishwasher dealer recommended liquid detergent) and have been using it straight out of the bottle into our dishwasher cup. Do we dilute the detergent before putting in the dishwasher dosing cup? Is liquid or powder better? Read on….
Extra Foam Please?
Q: Since foaming is so critical to COP methods, should operators be agitating the solution(s) to produce foam before and during manual cleanings?
A: Mechanical energy, agitation, and plain old elbow grease, are vital weapons in cleaning and Clean-Out-Of-Place applications. So we would recommend that wherever possible, mechanical energy be applied to remove unwanted residues from the surface we are trying to clean. This will
