I.S. EN 12791:2016
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CHEMICAL DISINFECTANTS AND ANTISEPTICS - SURGICAL HAND DISINFECTION - TEST METHOD AND REQUIREMENT (PHASE 2/STEP 2)
Hardcopy , PDF
English
06-03-2016
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National Foreword
European foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Requirements
5 Test methods
Annex A (informative) - Standard surgical
handrub/-wash procedure
Annex B (informative) - Quality control of soft soap
Annex C (informative) - Examples of reporting of
results and significance testing
Annex D (informative) - WILCOXON'S matched-pairs
signed-ranks test
Bibliography
Gives a test method simulating practical conditions for establishing whether a product for surgical handrub and handwash reduces the release of resident and eventually present transient microbial flora on hands when used for the treatment of clean hands of volunteers.
| DevelopmentNote |
2016 Edition Re-issued in November 2017 & incorporates AMD 1 2017. (12/2017)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
36
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| PublisherName |
National Standards Authority of Ireland
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| Status |
Current
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| Supersedes |
| Standards | Relationship |
| EN 12791:2016+A1:2017 | Identical |
| NBN EN 12791 : 2016 | Identical |
| NEN EN 12791 : 2016 + A1 2017 | Identical |
| DIN EN 12791:2016-06 | Identical |
| BS EN 12791 : 2016 | Identical |
| UNI EN 12791 : 2005 | Identical |
| UNE-EN 12791:2016 | Identical |
| NS EN 12791 : 2016 + A1 2017 | Identical |
| ONORM EN 12791 : 2018 | Identical |
| NF EN 12791 : 2016 + A1 2017 | Identical |
| EN 13624:2013 | Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics - Quantitative suspension test for the evaluation of fungicidal or yeasticidal activity in the medical area - Test method and requirements (phase 2, step 1) |
| EN 13727:2012+A2:2015 | Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics - Quantitative suspension test for the evaluation of bactericidal activity in the medical area - Test method and requirements (phase 2, step 1) |
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