Testing Services for Antimicrobials
Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) and Minimum Bactericidal Concentration (MBC) Tests
Time-Kill Kinetics Antimicrobial efficacy test
Use Dilution Test AOAC 955.14; 955.15; 964.02
Testing Services for Antimicrobial Surfaces
JIS Z 2801 Antimicrobial products – Test for antimicrobial activity and efficacy
ISO 22196 Measurement of antibacterial activity on plastics and other non-porous surfaces
Kirby-Bauer (Zone of Inhibition) Test
ASTM E1428 Standard Test Method for Evaluating the Performance of Antimicrobials in or on Polymeric
Solids Against Staining by Streptomyces species (A Pink Stain Organism)
ASTM E2180 Standard Test Method for Determining the Activity of Incorporated Antimicrobial Agent(s) In
Polymeric or Hydrophobic Materials
Testing Services for Antibiofilm Activity
ASTM E2799 Standard Test Method for Testing Disinfectant Efficacy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Biofilm using the MBEC Assay
ASTM E3161 (MB-19) Standard Practice for Preparing a Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Staphylococcus
aureus Biofilm using the CDC Biofilm Reactor
ASTM E2871 (MB-20) Standard Test Method for Determining Disinfectant Efficacy Against Biofilm Grown in
the CDC Biofilm Reactor Using the Single Tube Method
