Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

bionettoyage

English translation:

biocleaning

Added to glossary by Claire Cox
Apr 29, 2008 10:12
16 yrs ago
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French term

bionettoyage

French to English Medical Medical: Health Care hospital services
Has anyone come across this term in the context of hospital cleaning?

La mise en place d’un contrat de résultats sur une durée de 15 ans incluant :
La prise en charge de la gestion de l’ensemble des énergies (climatisation, électricité, chauffage)
La conduite et la maintenance de l’ensemble des installations techniques.
Les services hôteliers et logistiques : sécurité, téléphonie, parc automobile, nettoyage et **bionettoyage**

There are a very few Ghits for biocleaning, but I wondered whether the healthcare professionals out there would actually use this or something different.

Many thanks
Proposed translations (English)
5 biocleaning
4 Aseptic cleaning

Discussion

French Foodie Apr 29, 2008:
bio-cleaning. It is also used by the American Journal of Infection Control, which I consider a pretty solid ref.
French Foodie Apr 29, 2008:
Hi Claire, one of my clients is a corporate catering company, and one of its major sectors is hospital catering. Bionettoyage comes up fairly frequently since they also offer facility management services. They have specifically requested I use
Claire Cox (asker) Apr 29, 2008:
I should perhaps add that this appears in a PPT presentation not necessarily for medical experts, so needs to be readily understandable and widely used

Proposed translations

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biocleaning

"A process for biocleaning (i) the biosurfaces of a biomedical device and (ii) ... A process according to claim 1 wherein, after said biocleaning and while ..."
Note from asker:
Thanks Diane - I had found a number of hits as I'd said, but not very many. This appears in a presentation and I really wanted to know whether it is commonly used in the healthcare business.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks to you all - I stuck with biocleaning in the end, especially after French Foodie's comments, but I do feel it might just mean decontamination and I have put a note to the client to this effect. I'll update the entry if they come back with any feedback!"
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Aseptic cleaning

Boca Raton Community Hospital (04/07/08). Aseptic Cleaning Tech I (3rd Shift): PharmaDiversityJobBoard.com (Irvine, CA) ...pharmaceuticals. ...
www.job-search-engine.com/keyword/floor-cleaning - 31k -

Aseptic cleaning apparatus. Document Type and Number: ... and dental industries for the removal and cleaning of gross tissue forms from biological articles ...
www.freepatentsonline.com/5095925.html - 59k -

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Note added at 11 mins (2008-04-29 10:23:55 GMT)
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or cleaning of biologically contaminated areas, decontamination.
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