Standards Development
Standardization of test methods used to assess the biocidal performance and efficacy of any surfaces with antimicrobial activities, including their compatibility with different families of disinfectants and cleaning agents. Such methods aim at evaluating the biocidal activity (i.e. that which irreversibly inactivates microorganism) and at differentiating it from the biostatic activity (i.e. the inhibition of the growth of microorganisms).
The field of covers the assessment of surfaces displaying intrinsic biocidal properties and of surfaces processed by any means so as to deliver biocidal properties.
Areas of interest include medical and veterinary applications, aerospace, agriculture, food hygiene and other industrial fields, institutional and domestic applications.
Excluded: Toxicological and ecotoxicological surface testing methods, antimicrobial activities of textile products.
The proposed work programme is the following:
1) Standards to evaluate the basic biocidal activity of surfaces Such standards will help evaluating the biocidal efficacy of surfaces, close to general ambient conditions, but without developing variations taking into account each specific set of use conditions. They will also provide tools to demonstrate the biocidal activity (i.e. that which irreversibly inactivates microorganisms) of surfaces, while providing disambiguation regarding biostatic activity (i.e. inhibition of the growth of microorganisms).
2) Standards to evaluate the biocidal activity of surfaces in various areas of application, integrating the effect of interfering substances, of specific microorganisms, of log reduction in correlation with field’s and user's needs, including the ability to sustain the level of performance over time;
3) Any guidance documents that the TC would deem needed in support to the use of the standards envisaged here above. This may include guidance for performing hygiene with biocidal surfaces or publish round-robin tests results conducted in support of the standards.
You are now following this standard. Weekly digest emails will be sent to update you on the following activities:
You can manage your follow preferences from your Account. Please check your mailbox junk folder if you don't receive the weekly email.
You have successfully unsubscribed from weekly updates for this standard.
Comment on proposal
Required form fields are indicated by an asterisk (*) character.