Enhancing the validity of virucidal activity testing of chemical disinfectants by establishing new reference substances according to EN 14476:2019
The results of the two tested reference substances - glutaraldehyde and peracetic acid - provide new reference substance ranges for relevant test viruses. The findings are incorporated into the revision of the European standards, ensuring the quality assurance of efficacy testing in virucidal testing.
Authors
- Birgit Hunsinger
- Nico T. Mutters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0156-9595)
- Ingeborg Schwebke
- Florian H. H. Brill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9681-8752)
- Katrin Steinhauer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4218-6152)
- Maren Eggers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8485-9485)
- Martin Exner
- Marvin Rausch
- Jürgen Gebel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9328-3174)
- Kira-Marie Roesch
- Claudia Hildebrandt
- Michele Cavalleri
- Sophie Loeffert
Institutions
- Ecolab (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Universitätsmedizin Greifswald (DE)
- University Hospital Bonn (DE)
- Laboklin (Germany) (DE)
- Klinikum Itzehoe (DE)
- Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum Prof. Mathey, Prof. Schofer (DE)
- Dr. Brill + Dr. Steinmann (Germany) (DE)
- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene (DE)
- Eurofins (France) (FR)
- Institute of Virology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2025-09-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3205/dgkh000579
- Primary Topic
- Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00