Chemical Disinfection and Biofilm Removal Services

Trident offers a complete range of water disinfection services and specialised chemical disinfectants designed for healthcare, leisure, water care, industrial and commercial requirements. Trident disinfection solutions provides excellent customer service and quality disinfection expertise to our customers from start to finish for infection control, biofilm removal, biodecontamination and disinfection. We pride ourselves on our years of industry experience.

Our Services

Supply and Applications of Disinfectants
OXYCIDE Series Disinfectant
VIRABAC Series Disinfectant
Peracetic Acid Disinfectant
Chlorine Dioxide Disinfectant
Quaternary Ammonium Compounds,
Glutaraldehyde Disinfectant
Hydrogen Peroxide
Sodium Hypochlorite

Consultation, Analysis and Implementation Services
Water Analysis and Microbiology Contamination Testing
Equipment and Pipe Network Disinfection Services
Water Contact Surface Disinfection Services
On-site Disinfection Services
Biofilm Removal Services
Process Water and Product Piping Disinfection
Reservoirs and Connecting Piping Disinfection

Characteristics of Chemical Disinfectants

Disinfectants Group	Inactivated by		Antimicrobial Activity					Comments
	Hard water	Organic material	Gram (+ve)	Gram (-ve)	Acid test	Spores	Viruses
Alcohol	Slight	Slight - Serious	Good	Good	Good	None	Good	Fast but short actng with no residue or taining. May harden rubber or cause deterioration of glues. Not suitable for use in the presence of organic material due to poor penetration power. Effective only in clean environment.
Formaldehyde	Slight	Slight	Good	Good	Good	Fair	Good	Can cause severe irritation of muccus membranes. Effective only at high temp and humidity. It is a known carcinogen and has strong pungent odour.
Halogens - Chlorine	Slight	Serious	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Low cost and fast acting. Corrosive to metals and irritant to skin and mucous membranes. Pungent odour. No cleaning properties.
Halogens - Iodophors	Slight	Serious	Good	Good	Good	Slight - Fair	Good	Rapid action but seriously inactivated by organic material. Corrosive to metals and may stain fabrics and synthetic maberials. Relatively free from toxicity and irritancy.
Phenolics - Chloroxylenol	Serious	Serious	Good	Fair	None	None	None	Seriously inactivated by hard water and organic material. Narrow spectrum. Known skin sensitizer. Incompatible with some plastics or natural materials, such as rubber.
Virabac	None	None	Good	Good	Good	Slight	Good	Non-corrosive. Lack emcacy againts spores.