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  • BS EN ISO 20743:2013

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    Textiles. Determination of antibacterial activity of textile products

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  02-07-2021

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  31-07-2013

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
    4 Safety precaution
    5 Apparatus
    6 Reagents and culture media
    7 Reference strains
    8 Test procedures
    9 Test report
    Annex A (normative) - Strain numbers
    Annex B (normative) - Shaking method
    Annex C (normative) - Quantitative measurement by
            plate count method
    Annex D (normative) - Quantitative measurement by
            luminescence method
    Annex E (informative) - Testing examples
    Annex F (informative) - Efficacy of antibacterial
            activity
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    Abstract - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    Describes quantitative test methods to determine the antibacterial activity of all antibacterial textile products including nonwovens.

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    Committee TCI/100
    Development Note Supersedes 05/30057888 DC. (08/2007) Supersedes 12/30245706 DC. (07/2013)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
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    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    ISO 5725-1:1994 Accuracy (trueness and precision) of measurement methods and results — Part 1: General principles and definitions
    ISO 6330:2012 Textiles Domestic washing and drying procedures for textile testing
    ISO 5725-3:1994 Accuracy (trueness and precision) of measurement methods and results — Part 3: Intermediate measures of the precision of a standard measurement method
    ISO 5725-6:1994 Accuracy (trueness and precision) of measurement methods and results — Part 6: Use in practice of accuracy values
    ISO 5725-4:1994 Accuracy (trueness and precision) of measurement methods and results Part 4: Basic methods for the determination of the trueness of a standard measurement method
    EN 12353:2013 Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics - Preservation of test organisms used for the determination of bactericidal (including Legionella), mycobactericidal, sporicidal, fungicidal and virucidal (including bacteriophages) activity
    ISO 5725-2:1994 Accuracy (trueness and precision) of measurement methods and results Part 2: Basic method for the determination of repeatability and reproducibility of a standard measurement method
    ISO 20645:2004 Textile fabrics — Determination of antibacterial activity — Agar diffusion plate test
    ISO/IEC Guide 98-3:2008 Uncertainty of measurement — Part 3: Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement (GUM:1995)
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