At CRIOGES we believe that everyone has the right to a safe working environment. We also believe that everyone has the right to breath air free from harmful contamination. For over a decade CRIOGES has been protecting the health of healthcare workers and their patients
The CRIOGES System is now available in the UK for trial. You can see how the CRIOGES system performs in your own facility or department with absolutely no cost to you. We will even provide test data as proof of performance!
The CRIOGES system is a tested and now well established method of reducing the risk caused by the disposure of hazardous waste in healthcare and laboratory environments. Using patented SUBZERO BIOSAFETY which is an innovate and original solution to contain hazardous waste. We cancel the source of emission (biological and chemical) as well as treating the suspended contamination in the air from other sources.
The result? up to 100% reduction in detectable volatile organic compounds and pathogens.
Located on hundreds of wards already around the world. The CRIOGES station can be used to store Biohazardous Waste to keep patients safe from contaminated waste. MRSA, Rotavirus, Clostridium Difficile are locked away inside preventing the waste being a source of infection. Find out more about how we protect patients on the ward here.
The use of Formalin which contains formaldehyde gas is commonly used in Pathology, Autopsy and the Morgue. As known carcinogen it is important that workers exposure is reduced to levels as low as possible. CRIOGES has been protecting workers for over 10 years. Find out more here.
Chemotherapy for Cancer involves the use of cytotoxic, mutagenic, teratogenic and carcinogenic drugs. These drugs whilst vital for patients are extremely dangerous for Nurses, Doctors, Pharmacists and healthcare Porters and Cleaners. There is NO SAFE LEVEL of exposure for these drugs to workers. Find out more here about how we protect workers from this risk
Pathology, Autopsy, Histology, Mortuary, Embalming or anyone else that uses Formalin should take measures to reduce exposure to below 0.3ppm. EU Directive 2019/983 has reduced the safe level of formaldehyde to 0.3ppm. Find out how we already work to reduce this exposure with our clients in Europe here.
The CRIOGES station uses a sensor which detects that someone wants to put waste inside. Unlike common hospital bins there is no need to touch the lid or open manually. This eliminates the chance of contact contamination from various types of waste. The painted white colour easily shows any spills making cleaning requirements easy to see and carry out.
We freeze the inside of the system below -15c to ensure that we maintain a low pressure environment. This also crystallises the waste inside which together prevents contamination escaping out in to the environment. This even works on high vapour pressure VOCs such as formaldehyde.
Using UV-C combined with Titanium Dioxide and Zirconium Dioxide photocatalyst we clean the air around the station. This destroys pathogens and mineralises organic compounds. This breaks them down in to harmless byproducts such as water vapour, carbon dioxide and nitrogen which are naturally present in air.
Interview and testimonial by Neil Nixon - Cleaning & Maintenance Magazine November 2021
Approximately five years.
It’s a complementary system - there is no system on the market that unifies cryo-freezing with photocatalysis.
From the studies we have done, we know that it reduces the levels of formaldehyde, xylene and more than 50 other volatile organic compounds.
Breaking the covalent bonds of these chemicals and passing them through titanium dioxide in spheres and zirconium dioxide in spheres generates non-toxic residues, eliminates the foul odour characteristic with autopsy rooms, and is also effective against other agents such as Mycobacterium Tuberculosis.
It offers greater safety to workers against carcinogenic agents such as formaldehyde, xylene and provides greater safety in the handling of cytostatics. In addition, environmentally it reduces our carbon footprint and economically it improves the management and cost of hazardous waste disposal.
Yes, without a doubt. We have already done so in the Madrid Health Area and throughout Spain.
The CRIOGES system is protected worldwide. This ensures that we can continue to invest in improving the system and service for the benefit of our clients. We have just released the 4th version of the CRIOGES station which now has integrated the automated opening mechanism which makes cleaning the station even easier as well as 4G machine to machine networking connected to an online portal which allows real time monitoring, alerts and service information.
CRIOGES has been protecting healthcare workers and patients for over 11 years. Over 250 facilities have implemented the system in their most critical areas to protect people from various types of harmful contamination. There are over 4000 CRIOGES stations already in use in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy and now the UK. It is due to CRIOGES careful and considered long term view that have resulted in long term partnerships with our healthcare clients that are still with us today. With the CRIOGES station now on its fourth version it is both innovative as well as well established as the only solution to containing hazardous waste.
At CRIOGES we believe that everyone has the right to a safe working environment. We also believe that everyone has the right to breath air free from harmful contamination. For over a decade CRIOGES has been protecting the health of healthcare workers and their patients
