Antimicrobial Testing Methods

Antibacterial Textile Testing – ISO 20743 is a standardised test method for determining the antibacterial activity of all antibacterial textile products including nonwovens.

Antimicrobial Testing (Non-porous) – ISO 22196 is a test method that quantitatively measures the antibacterial activity of plastics and other non-porous surfaces.

Antimicrobial Testing (Dynamic) – ASTM E2149-13a is a test method for determining the antimicrobial efficacy of antimicrobial agents under dynamic contact conditions.

Fungi Testing – ASTM G21-15 is a standardised test method for determining the effect of fungi on the properties of synthetic polymeric materials in the form of moulded and fabricated articles, tubes, rods, sheets, and film materials.

Disk Diffusion Susceptibility Test – Kirby-Bauer test is widely used to determine the sensitivity or resistance of bacteria to various antimicrobial compounds, and it uses the Mueller Hinton agar.