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Chlorine dioxide

San Augustine: did you find anything that helped. We are going through the same situation. 1 1/2 year old clinic with cast iron drains...

Anyone has a solution for the Protein Build up in the drains?

Amario132 -

We had maintenance come in and snake the drains out. They were lying in the "Water" thinking it was "Clean".
Naturally, we thought we would need something a lot stronger than bleach to keep the drains from clogging. Unfortunately, we only found chemicals that would damage the drains.
We are currently pouring bleach down the drains once a week. If you decide to do something like this, make sure you have a log, policy and procedure.
I know this doesn’t quite satisfy our question, but maybe someone will find a safe, effective way that is more effective than bleach.

If you have Fresenius machines, try enabling extended prerinse. It will help a lot, although probably won't completely solve problem...

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Originally posted by Guest:
If you have Fresenius machines, try enabling extended prerinse. It will help a lot, although probably won't completely solve problem...

We have extended prerinse on and still have a big problem. We flush the drains every week.

I was just browsing the internet and ran accross this website.
It might be more of a pain to do this, but when there isn't any other option...

Someone I know also tried one of Zep's products. He tried the "Crystal Heat" product. You can read the MSDS right off the website next to it.

We was having this problem and we started bleaching machs 3 times a week on M W F and it took care of our problem for the last 5 or 6 months.

thanks for the replies... I think the best thing so far is to snake or bleach.. there must be something better... n bleaching machines more will cause problems with machines... ill try some product that will not harm patients and pipes...

have anyone used E-Z Gel(TM) or E-Z Foam(TM) from RPC...for their drains? good or bad product

We have built two new clinics in the last 4 years and I had them install flushing lines on the drains. Regular water is flushed into the drain stacks by means of a programable solonoid valve. How often and for how long you want to flush water is up to you. Something to think about when building new clinics to help prevent build up from getting out of control.
We have always had bleach policies of at least 3 times per week for each machine and we have never had an issue with clogged drains.

Citric Acid - Edlaw Pharmaceuticals

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Originally posted by San Augustine:
We have hospital drains clogging up with dialysis effluent. The drains are cast iron so it's hard to find the best disinfectant and or method for disinfection (Frequency/Strength). All inputs are very appreciated. Hopefully Florian will have an informative input. Thanks again.