Validating and Monitoring Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide (VH2O2) Decontamination.

Designed exclusively for the pharmaceutical, food, and medical device industries, Apex products are tailor-made to meet your unique needs.

Why choose Apex Biological Indicators? Here's what we offer:

Unmatched Resistance: Our products feature the most resilient strain to VH2O2 processes, ensuring thorough decontamination of your manufacturing area.

Minimized False Positives: Say goodbye to unnecessary false positives! Apex biological indicator products are carefully designed to closely match the decontamination process, greatly reducing false positives.

Flexibility at its Finest: With our highly versatile portfolio, you can easily find the perfect match for your specific process parameters.

Whether you prefer self-contained biological indicators, packaged discs, unpackaged ribbons, or spore suspensions, Apex products offer the ideal solution for validating and monitoring VH2O2 decontamination.
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Apex EXTest

Apex EZTest®

  • Self-contained Biological Indicator
  • Available with G. stearothermophilus 12980
  • Easy to culture - no laboratory required
  • Dramatic Color Change
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Apex Discs

  • Inoculated on grade 304 stainless steel carriers.
  • Size: 0.35″ diameter x 0.008″ thick.
  • Options: G. stearothermophilus 12980 or 7953, or B. atrophaeus 9372.
  • Tyvek® packaged indicators with hanging perforations and thumb notch.

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Apex Ribbons

  • Bare stainless steel ribbons measure (0.25″ x 2.75″)
  • Inoculated at one end
  • Available with G. stearothermophilus 12980
  • Convenient size and flexibility
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Tri-Scale Biological Indicator

  • One Tyvek package; three G. stearothermophilus 12980 populations.
  • Three carriers: 104, 105, and 106 spores; sealed separately.
  • For initial shakedown or validation of enclosures/filling lines.
  • Convenient to identify worst-case location(s) in enclosure

Technical Specifications
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Technical Specifications

Apex® Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide Biological Indicators


Storage: 2 – 8°C;  < 50% relative humidity

Expiration: 9 months from date of manufacture (not applicable for Apex BIs with 103 populations)

Certification: Apex biological indicators are traceable to a recognized culture collection, and certified for population and reference D-value.

G. stearothermophilus 12980

Incubation 7 days at 55 – 60°C
Population 106 103 10⁴ 106

104 

105

106

106

Units 100 100 100 100 50 100
Reorder#

HMV-091

HMV-091E3

KCD-404

SBC-327

LOG-456

NAS-152

 

B. atrophaeus

Incubation

7 days at 30 – 35°C

7 days at 30 – 35°C

Population 106 103
Units 100 100
Reorder#

GRS-090

GRS-090E3

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