Screening the viricidal efficiency of antisepsis, disinfection and chemical sterilization--a draft methodology for practice
Language English Country Czech Republic Media print
Document type Journal Article
PubMed
2963062
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Anti-Infective Agents, Local pharmacology MeSH
- Bacteriophage phi X 174 drug effects MeSH
- Hand Disinfection methods MeSH
- Disinfectants pharmacology MeSH
- Evaluation Studies as Topic MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Sterilization methods MeSH
- Viruses drug effects MeSH
- Check Tag
- Humans MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Names of Substances
- Anti-Infective Agents, Local MeSH
- Disinfectants MeSH
The paper documents the high resistance of E. coli phage phi X 174, one of the small non-enveloped viruses of icosahedral symmetry, vis-a-vis certain physico-chemical factors. It is this property that makes the phage a suitable model for evaluating in practical terms the efficiency of antisepsis, disinfection and chemical sterilization. The phage is detected in smears, prints and on carriers using the plaque method. The system E. coli--phage phi X 174 may serve as a bioindicator of the viricidal efficiency of chemical sterilization eventually of the measure of absorbance of sterilizing agents on the treated material.
