Critical physiological factors influencing the outcome of antimicrobial testing according to ISO 22196 / JIS Z 2801.

ABSTRACT: Bactericidal materials gained interest in the health care sector as they are capable of preventing material surfaces from microbial colonization and subsequent spread of infections. However, commercialization of antimicrobial materials requires proof of their efficacy, which is usually done using in vitro methods. The ISO 22196 standard (Japanese test method JIS Z 2801) is a method for measuring the antibacterial activity of daily goods. As it was found reliable for testing the biocidal activity of antimicrobially active materials and surface coatings most of the laboratories participating in this study used this protocol. Therefore, a round robin test for evaluating antimicrobially active biomaterials had to be established. To our knowledge, this is the first report on inaugurating a roun

SUBMITTER: Wiegand C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5860763 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature