Customized
water treatment

Ultra pure water is the most used utility in laboratories, sterilization units and the pharmaceutical industry especially for the preparation of the vast majority of drugs.

Moreover, in the hospitals or the care units, the water of the city network requires a physicochemical, bacteriological and endotoxic treatment before being able to be used safely within the framework of the dialysis. Therefore, this treated water strictly complies with the quality standards defined by the Pharmacopée French and European.

The physicochemical, bacteriological and endotoxic treatment of water for medical use controlled by SFEC is an essential process to guarantee water of excellent medical quality and to prevent all risks, immediate or long term..

The design of SFEC treatment systems for medical use has been designed and studied to enable :

• to eliminate the bacteria present in raw water,
• to avoid bacterial contamination of the system,
• to eliminate dissolved salts,
• to inhibit bacterial growth throughout the treatment phase,
• to produce water of bacteriological quality compatible with the final application.

Our strong points :

• All our water treatment units for medical use are manufactured tailoredin France (région Rhône-Alpes).
• All our treatment units in the medical range are medical devices that perfectly meet the high quality standards required by the European Pharmacopoeia.
• All of our water treatment units for medical use are designed to ensure optimal operating safety in dialysis mode, in particular by means of a quick and easy bypass in case of malfunction of a device, thereby guaranteeing the continuity of production. of osmosis water without interruption of dialysis.
• All components of our facilities arenot captive and have been chosen according to strict quality criteria in line with our quality system. In addition, we take into account the principles of social responsibility when choosing our suppliers.
• The SFEC strives as far as possible to standardize brands different components used on its facilities. The goal is to reduce the size of mechanical and electrical equipment to a small number in order to limit the number of spare parts and thus facilitate inventory management at our customers.
• SFEC has acquired a great experience in the field of dialysis. Several hospitals in France use SFEC treatment units.

The water treatment systems for medical use that we build are based on an absolute safety philosophy based on a concept of redundancy.

Indeed, each element is bypassable either manually or in automatic mode. Whatever the malfunction detected by the PLC, the user is immediately informed and the alarm report can be sent back to our service technician…

If an osmosis unit should have a major problem (malfunction of the booster pump), it would be sufficient to acknowledge the alarm and turn a key to automatically actuate a bypass composed of electric valves.

Each part of the process chain is equipped with various sensors whose measured values are all sent back to the PLC. All these measures can be included in a traceability protocol à la carte, which means that it is the user who chooses according to his own criteria the values he wishes to export within a tracing system…

The entire installation is managed by a programmable controller that ensures fully automatic operation of the installation. The different parameters are entered using a user-friendly touch screen. The variety of control variants ensures maximum flexibility and operational safety. All important operating parameters are recorded electronically. Remote monitoring is part of our services. The majority of our installations are equipped with this device that allows us from our headquarters or from any phone jack to connect to your installation, to consult the various operating parameters.

The degree of safety is such that only a break in the supply of water or electricity could completely immobilize the water treatment plant. Indeed, all vital organs are doubled and have forced marches. Even if the automaton of the installation had to have a malfunction, you have a forced march which allows you to finish with peace of mind the current dialysis session.
SFEC processing chains combine several filtration methods that are used together or sequentially. Each method having its favorite target.

The ultra-pure water thus produced responds to a treatment process totally mastered by the SFEC and which comprises several stages :

• Pre-filtration
• softening
• activated carbon filtration
• microfiltration and / or ultrafiltration
• reverse osmosis with single or double stage

For heat disinfection, we offer loop ultrafiltration associated with heat disinfection (85°C). These coupled techniques are effective on bacteria and endotoxins. They guarantee water of exceptional quality.