Antimicrobial Testing Methods For Your Business

Antimicrobial Testing

Antimicrobial Testing Methods For Your Business

ISO 22196

ISO 22196

  • Measures the antibacterial activity of plastics and other non-porous surfaces

  • Test the ability of treated surfaces to kill (bactericidal) or prevent growth (bacteriostatic) of bacteria over 24 hours

  • Able to detect low levels of antibacterial activity and achieve reproducible results

  • Measures the antibacterial activity of plastics and other non-porous surfaces

  • Test the ability of treated surfaces to kill (bactericidal) or prevent growth (bacteriostatic) of bacteria over 24 hours

  • Able to detect low levels of antibacterial activity and achieve reproducible results

ISO 20743

ISO 20743:2021

  • Determining the antibacterial activity of all antibacterial textile products including nonwovens

  • Includes cloth, wadding, thread, clothing, bedclothes and home furnishings

  • A quantitative method that tests for both bacteriostatic and bactericidal properties

  • Determining the antibacterial activity of all antibacterial textile products including nonwovens

  • Includes cloth, wadding, thread, clothing, bedclothes and home furnishings

  • A quantitative method that tests for both bacteriostatic and bactericidal properties

ASTM G21-15

ISO 846

  • 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

  • Aspergillus brasiliensis is used as the predominant microbe in testing but it is possible to modify the method to suit a client’s specific needs

  • 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

  • Aspergillus brasiliensis is used as the predominant microbe in testing but it is possible to modify the method to suit a client’s specific needs

ASTM G21-15

ASTM G21-15

  • 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

  • Aspergillus brasiliensis is used as the predominant microbe in testing but it is possible to modify the method to suit a client’s specific needs

  • 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

  • Aspergillus brasiliensis is used as the predominant microbe in testing but it is possible to modify the method to suit a client’s specific needs

ASTM E2149-13A

ASTM E2149-13A

  • Determining the antimicrobial efficacy of antimicrobial agents under dynamic contact conditions

  • Recommended for testing materials such as fabric, paper, powder and granular material

  • Evaluates the activity of an antimicrobial additive within non-leaching materials

  • Determining the antimicrobial efficacy of antimicrobial agents under dynamic contact conditions

  • Recommended for testing materials such as fabric, paper, powder and granular material

  • Evaluates the activity of an antimicrobial additive within non-leaching materials

Kirby-Bauer method

KIRBY-BAUER

  • Determine the sensitivity or resistance of bacteria to various antimicrobial compounds

  • It uses the Mueller Hinton agar

  • Mueller-Hinton agar is a non-selective, non-differential medium capable of growing a wide range of non-fastidious organisms

  • Determine the sensitivity or resistance of bacteria to various antimicrobial compounds

  • It uses the Mueller Hinton agar

  • Mueller-Hinton agar is a non-selective, non-differential medium capable of growing a wide range of non-fastidious organisms

BioLabTests drying oven

Artificial Ageing Method

  • Accelerate the release of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from plastic samples

  • Allows a more realistic evaluation of your antibacterial products as OCs can show antibacterial effect in the short term, which can impact your antibacterial testing results when tested to common methods such as ISO 22196 and ISO 20743

  • Accelerate the release of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from plastic samples

  • Allows a more realistic evaluation of your antibacterial products as OCs can show antibacterial effect in the short term, which can impact your antibacterial testing results when tested to common methods such as ISO 22196 and ISO 20743
Fabric

AATCC 147

  • Determine the level of antibacterial efficacy in your fabric samples

  • Provides quick results before you proceed with more labour-intensive and expensive testing

  • Applicable for fabric samples with a diffusible antibacterial agent

  • Determine the level of antibacterial efficacy in your fabric samples

  • Provides quick results before you proceed with more labour-intensive and expensive testing

  • Applicable for fabric samples with a diffusible antibacterial agent

BioLabTests Contact Plate Method

CONTACT PLATE METHOD

  • Relies on a visual examination after a period of contact between your samples and bacteria

  • Assesses the antibacterial activity of plastic and fabric samples with non-diffusible antibacterial agents

  • Provides quick results before you proceed with more labour-intensive and expensive testing

  • Relies on a visual examination after a period of contact between your samples and bacteria

  • Assesses the antibacterial activity of plastic and fabric samples with non-diffusible antibacterial agents

  • Provides quick results before you proceed with more labour-intensive and expensive testing