BS EN 1650 specifies a test method and the minimum requirements for fungicidal or yeasticidal activity of chemical disinfectant and antiseptic products that form a homogeneous, physically stable preparation when diluted with hard water or - in the case of ready-to-use-products - with water. Products can only be tested at a concentration of 80 % or less as some dilution is always produced by adding the test organisms and interfering substances.
BS EN 1650 applies to products that are used in food, industrial, domestic and institutional areas excluding areas and situations where disinfection is medically indicated and excluding products used on living tissues except those for hand hygiene in the above-considered areas.
BS EN 1650 helps you to determine the bactericidal or fungicidal or yeasticidal activity of chemical disinfectants and antiseptics used in food, industrial, domestic and institutional areas.
BS EN 1650 on chemical disinfectants and antiseptics is useful for:
BS EN 1650 provides principles and laboratory conditions recommendations for suspension tests for establishing whether a chemical disinfectant or antiseptic has fungicidal or yeasticidal activity in the fields.
BS EN 1650 considers practical conditions of application of the product including contact time, temperature, test organisms and interfering substance. This helps you to influence the action of disinfectants in practical use.
Each utilization concentration of the chemical disinfectant or antiseptic found by this test corresponds to defined experimental conditions.
BS EN 1650:2019 supersedes BS EN 1650:2008+A1:2013, which is withdrawn.
The main changes in relation to EN 1650:2008+A1:2013 are:
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