Protect Your Building: The Essential Legionella-Free Water Checklist
Ensure the safety of your building water systems by following this comprehensive checklist to prevent Legionella contamination. Read more...
Why Use Reverse Osmosis in Healthcare Applications?
This article outlines the critical reasons supporting the use of Reverse Osmosis (RO) technology in healthcare settings and explain how RO's consistent high-purity water, regulatory compliance, and risk mitigation outweigh initial expenses. Read more...
Myth vs Reality: Hospital RO System Compliance
This article clarifies some common misconceptions surrounding hospitals reverse osmosis (RO) system design and implementation, including operating temperatures, ringmain length and piping materials selection. Read more...
Legionella Safety in Building Water Systems
This white paper aims to delineate the pivotal process parameters essential for controlling Legionella in building water systems. These control measures are ideally initiated during the design and commissioning phases and should be consistently applied as preventive measures. Read more...
Final Rinse Water – Assessing Design Challenges
This white paper examines the importance of final rinse cycles in washer-disinfectors (WDs) for reprocessing medical devices, emphasising the need to remove residual chemicals and contaminants to ensure safe device reuse. Read more...
Building Resilient Water Systems in Healthcare: A Builder’s Checklist
Find out how RO and thermal disinfection can be ineffective infection control methods if not implemented correctly, resulting in costly system replacements. Read more...
International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2024
We sit down with Dr Surani McCaw, a chemical engineer at Southland Filtration. She shares insights into her journey, accomplishments, and the unique role of women in shaping the future of water filtration technologies. Read more...
CSSD Water Test Methodology for AS5369:2023 Compliance
Failing to promptly spot microbial issues in the water filtration plant of your Central Sterilisation Supply Departments (CSSD) can lead to delays in fixing problems and figuring out where the contamination is coming from. Read more...
Southland Joins Industry Peers at FSRACA National Conference
We'll be at the Federation of Sterilizing Research Advisory Councils of Australia (FSRACA) National Conference. The team will be readily available to provide valuable insights and answer questions related to purified water system design, especially concerning the upcoming AS5369 standard. Read more...
Why a risk-based QMS is essential for water used in reprocessing RMDs
Find out how the benefits of a risk-based QMS include increased efficiency, improved RMD reprocessing procedures, waste reduction, cost savings, and enhanced staff training and empowerment. Read more...
Ensure your CSSD funding application is AS4187 compliant
There are multiple factors to consider when ensuring a complete purified water solution meets physical, chemical and microbial water quality. Read more...
Effective CSSD Water Sampling for AS5369 Compliance
AS5369:2023 compliance of your Reverse Osmosis (RO) plant relies on two crucial factors: the point of sampling and the test methodology. Find out how to execute both accurately, read more...
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