EN 13624

Hygiene is the most important issue in hospitals, operating rooms, dental clinics, dispensaries or medical product production areas. It is imperative that the production area, the usage area and the tools used are sterile, especially the hygiene of the employees.

The use of medical equipment and surfaces or hand disinfectants is common. Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics go through many tests and analyzes before being put into use. The most important are the effectiveness tests. Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics used against the possibility of contamination with many microorganisms should have a fungicidal activity according to the area of ​​use.

Products, also called fungicidal, are evaluated depending on the change in the amount of microorganisms in the environment by using a fungal test suspension (yeast cells or mold spores).

Microorganisms used in the test;
• Vegetative cells of Candida albicans
• Conidiospores of Aspergillus brasiliensis (fungicidal activity)
• Vegetative cells of Candida albicans (yeasticidal activity)

EN 13624: Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics - Quantitative suspension test for the evaluation of fungicidal or yeasticidal activity in the medical area - Test method and requirements (phase 2, step 1)

Medical Evaluation of Fungicide Efficiency in Chemical Disinfectants and Antiseptics You can contact Nanolab Biocidal Analysis Laboratory for