While everything in your facility may look like “business as usual” from the floor up, just below the surface is a thriving environment. The drainage pipes and drains just under your floor are actually the home to a complex ecosystem of developing harmful microbes. It’s important to understand that these ecosystems can also create harmful, dangerous biologic aerosols.
What are biologic aerosols? Also called bioaerosols, they are a suspension of airborne particles that contain living organisms or were released from living organisms. These aerosols can be created from the microbial biofilms that adhere to the surfaces of drains and pipes.
What makes drains and pipes so susceptible to these dangerous microbes is that they constantly feed the ecosystem organic and inorganic matter. The drains essentially act as cradles to bacteria. This can become an especially dangerous problem for places like hospitals, as the bacteria in these drains can resist antibiotics. In hospitals, clinics, and doctors’ offices a wide range of bacteria are washed down the drain. Without a properly maintained drain, the potential for antibiotic resistant bacteria developing and eventually spreading from your drains increases dramatically.
Physical barriers between drainage systems and their surrounding areas are essential. Harmful biologic aerosols can enter ventilation systems and other vulnerable quarters of your building. Drainage systems need to be completely tight and intact, where openings have physical barriers. But what kind of barrier should be in your drain?
Green Drain Drain Trap
The Green Drain drain trap is the perfect implementation for preventing harmful biologic aerosols from infiltrating your facility. Green Drain can help to prevent the potential for fatal cross contamination and the spread of infection that can be created by unprotected drains. The special design of Green Drain allows water to flow down while preventing pests, odors, and harmful gases and pathogens from infiltrating your building. These benefits and features make Green Drain the ideal solution for keeping your facility’s drains safe and clean:
- Improves indoor air quality
- Protects public health
- Does not impair plumbing maintenance
- Provides backflow protection
- Easy to install
- Does not impair flow rate
Keep your drains clean and clear, and keep that complex, dangerous sub drain ecosystem out of your air. Green Drain provides an eco-friendly, effective barrier between your drainage system and the rest of your facility. Chemex Industries offers Green Drain to all types of sectors, as well as a wide variety of other environmentally friendly solutions and products.
