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Can an ethylene oxide sterilizer be installed in a clean room? Are there specific requirements for installation space?
2022-05-21

As mentioned in the title, does the ethylene oxide sterilizer need to be installed in a clean area? Or is it just a regular area? What kind of preparation needs to be done? Such as air conditioning purification, wearing protective clothing, etc.?

The product can be used in conventional areas, the main thing is to do a good job of ventilation, and secondly, all the things that use electricity need to be explosion-proof. Pay attention to on-site safety and personnel training, including on-site material placement, etc.

Requirements are as follows:

1. Site: The ethylene oxide sterilizer should be installed in an independent workshop, and should be kept away from the crowd, and no open flame operations or other open flames can occur within a range of 50 meters;

 

2. Isolation: Since the ethylene oxide sterilizer mainly uses ethylene oxide as the sterilizing gas during sterilization, and ethylene oxide is a more dangerous gas, in order to avoid accidents, it must be o do isolation work. The cabinets, electrical control cabinets, racks, ethylene oxide cylinders, etc. of the ethylene oxide sterilizer should be installed in separate rooms;

 

3. Ventilation: The installation space where the ethylene oxide sterilizer is located should be well ventilated, and the sterilization workshop is strictly prohibited from being closed outdoors;

 

4. Lighting: The lighting and electrical switches used in the sterilization workshop must be explosion-proof;

 

5. Discharge: After the ethylene oxide sterilizer completes the sterilization treatment, the ethylene oxide residue must be treated by the equipment waste gas treatment system before it can be discharged;

 

6. Fire protection: The sterilization workshop and sterilization area of ​​the ethylene oxide sterilizer should be marked with fire prevention and no smoking.

 

It should be noted that whether it is a clean workshop or not, there must be ventilation pipes or places. If it is a fully enclosed space, an ethylene oxide sterilizer cannot be installed. In addition, sufficient fire fighting equipment must be prepared.

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