Disinfectants
used in hospitals and biopharmaceutical facilities should be selected with
care, not least to show that they are compatible with the detergents used to
clean, with the surfaces intended to be disinfected and with each other. In an
exclusive extract from ‘The CDC Handbook: A Guide to Cleaning & Disinfecting
Cleanrooms’, Dr Tim Sandle has outlined the essential requirements for the validation
of disinfectants, focusing upon European standards.
The
article focuses on the European approach to disinfectant validation. The
standard European approach for disinfectant validation consists of a basic suspension
test, a quantitative suspension test (with low and high levels of organic material
added to act as ‘interfering substances’) and a two part simulated-use surface
test.
The
extract has been published in the journal EuropeanMedical Hygiene. To subscribe to the journal go to:
If
anyone would like a copy of the article, please contact Tim Sandle.
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