Improved method for tuberculocidal and mycobactericidal activity testing of disinfectants based on the European Standard EN 14348
| Autor: | Florian H. H. Brill, J. Lenz, Jörg Steinmann, N. Radischat, Katrin Steinhauer, Henrik Gabriel, C. Lach, Lars Paßvogel, Peter Goroncy-Bermes |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Microbiology (medical)
0303 health sciences 030306 microbiology Test procedures business.industry Improved method General Medicine 030501 epidemiology Pulp and paper industry Mycobacterium Disinfection Europe 03 medical and health sciences Infectious Diseases Healthcare settings European standard Medicine Humans 0305 other medical science business Disinfectants |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of hospital infection. 111 |
| ISSN: | 1532-2939 |
| Popis: | Summary Safe measurements to prevent the transmission of (multidrug-resistant) mycobacteria such as disinfection are essential in healthcare settings. In Europe chemical disinfectants are tested for their tuberculocidal and mycobactericidal efficacy by the internationally accepted test procedure described in EN 14348. However, especially for amine-based disinfectants, invalid results may occur by this procedure due to insufficient neutralization. In this multi-laboratory study the procedure described in EN 14348 was optimized by a combination of chemical neutralization and membrane filtration in order to obtain a valid and secure method especially for amine-based disinfectants. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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