Element has extensive experience performing efficacy testing to meet submission requirements for regulatory bodies worldwide, including the EPA, Health Canada, Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), European Chemicals Agency, and the FDA.

We can partner with you to develop a testing plan with options ranging from preliminary screening to the required GLP tests for submission, and we offer a wide array of bacteria, fungi, and yeast to support your claims.

ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ offers GLP microbiology testing options to serve our clients in the antimicrobial industry, including recent additions to EPA testing guidance (electrostatic spray testing, residual disinfection for 24-hour claims, residual long lasting claims for surface coatings, interim method for evaluation of bactericidal activity of copper containing surface products). Our test offerings also include biofilm testing, disinfectant efficacy testing against both C. difficile and C. auris, and residual sanitization.

We can help you with early-stage development and non-GLP screen testing all the way through GLP testing for submission. Our staff has years of experience with testing methods and regulatory agencies to deliver high quality results and superior customer service.

For more information about our antimicrobial microbiology testing services or to request a quote, contact us today.

Microbiology testing services

Disinfectants - Microorganisms including bacteria, fungi, yeast and viruses are reduced, destroyed, or inactivated by disinfectants and sanitizers. These products can be used on both soft and hard surfaces and may contain residual properties or be used in antimicrobial coatings. ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½’s comprehensive disinfectant microbiology solutions include bacterial, fungicidal, tuberculocidal and sporicidal testing, as well as laundry testing, electrostatic sprayer testing, biofilm testing, MIC/MBC testing. We also have extensive experience testing antimicrobial preservatives for effectiveness.

Clostridium difficile (C. diff) and Candida auris (C. auris) testing - For registrants to make claims against C. diff or C. auris, the EPA requires registrants to quantify the ability of the Sponsor's product to produce reduction of C. diff or C. auris on hard environmental surfaces following EPA SOPs. Element has decades of experience supporting leading developers, manufacturers, and marketers of products with C. diff and C. auris disinfectant efficacy claims generate data that meets EPA disinfectant registration requirements.

Sanitizer antimicrobial testing - Sanitizers are typically categorized as either food contact or non-food contact. Element has deep expertise in testing both food contact and non-food contact sanitizers to established methodology that meets EPA published guidance for the testing and criteria required for registrants seeking claims for sanitizers.

Residual efficacy testing - Residual products can continuously provide bactericidal efficacy for days, weeks or months. As these products can provide additional disinfection or sanitization between the regular disinfection or cleaning cycles, products must undergo bactericidal efficacy testing and meet criteria set forth by the EPA before making bactericidal claims. Our consultative antimicrobial experts provide industry-leading antimicrobial testing services to support the registration of residual products.

Treated article testing - Objects treated with antimicrobial products intended to protect the article itself are treated articles. Examples of treated articles include textiles, paints, and rubber gloves. Element has extensive experience testing a wide variety of treated articles to established methodology, assisting product developers, manufacturers, and marketers ensure their products meet the criteria for making claims.

Microbiology EN testing - European countries and other jurisdictions require biocidal products regulated by the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) be tested to European Standards. ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ offers microbiology EN testing in accordance with the in-depth requirements detailed within the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR).

Microbiology pesticide/antimicrobial device testing - Devices that produce an antimicrobial product or act as the antimicrobial, such as UV, sterilizing, steam, ozone, and ionizing devices are antimicrobial pesticide devices. The regulation of these devices is complicated, as either the FDA or EPA can be responsible for regulation in the US. Successfully navigate the complex regulations for these devices and generate required efficacy data to support claims with the support of ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½’s consultative regulatory and scientific experts.

For more information about our antimicrobial microbiology testing services or to request a quote, contact us today.

ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½’s knowledgeable microbiologists can test to multiple established methods, as well as develop custom protocols. If the method you are interested in is not listed, get in touch with us today to speak with an expert.

High Level Disinfectants/Liquid Chemical Sterilants

Sporicides

  • AOAC Method 966.04 Sporicidal Activity of Disinfectants

Biofilm Testing

  • Single Tube Method for Determining the Efficacy of Disinfectants against Bacterial Biofilm (Pseudomonas Aeruginosa and Staphylococcus Aureus)

Disinfectants

Bactericidal and Fungicidal

  • AOAC Method 961.02 Germicidal Spray Method
  • ASTM E2362/AOAC Method 961.02 (Modification) Presaturated Towelettes for Hard Surface Disinfection Test Method
  • AOAC Use Dilution Test for Liquid Disinfectants (Methods 964.02, 955.14 and 955.15)
  • Electrostatic Sprayer Testing

Tuberculocidal

  • AOAC Method 965.12 Tuberculocidal Activity of Disinfectants

Clostridium difficile and Candida auris Testing

  • OECD Quantitative Method for Testing Antimicrobial Products against Spores of Clostridium difficile (ATCC 43598) on Inanimate, Hard, Non-Porous Surfaces
  • OECD Quantitative Method for Evaluating Efficacy of Liquid Antimicrobials against Candida auris on Hard, Non-Porous Surfaces

Sanitizers

Food Contact

  • AOAC Method 955.16 Available Chlorine in Disinfectants
  • AOAC Method 960.09 Germicidal and Detergent Sanitizing Action of Disinfectants

Non-Food Contact

  • ASTM E1153 Standard Test Method for Efficacy of Sanitizers Recommended for Inanimate Non-Food Contact Surfaces

Residual Sanitizers and Disinfects

  • EPA Residual Self-Sanitizing Activity of Dried Chemical Residues on Hard, Non-Porous Surfaces
  • Acinetobacter baumannii Multi-Drug Resistant
  • Acinetobacter calcoaceticus
  • Acinetobacter haemolyticus
  • Acinetobacter johnsonii
  • Acinetobacter junii
  • Acinetobacter lwoffii
  • Acinetobacter radioresistens
  • Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae
  • Actinobacillus suis
  • Actinomyces naeslundii
  • Actinomyces viscosus
  • Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
  • Alcaligenes faecalis
  • Arcanobacterium pyogenes
  • Arcobacter butzleri
  • Aspergillus brasiliensis
  • Aspergillus fumigatus
  • Aspergillus niger
  • Aspergillus oryzae (flavus)
  • Aspergillus restrictus
  • Aspergillus versicolor
  • Aureobasidium pullulans
  • Bacillus cereus
  • Bacillus circulans
  • Bacillus hirikoshii
  • Bacillus megaterium
  • Bacillus mycoides
  • Bacillus oleronius
  • Bacillus pseudofirmus
  • Bacillus subtilis
  • Bacillus subtilis – vegetative
  • Bacteroides fragilis
  • Bacteroides ovatus
  • Bacteroides vulgatus
  • Bordetella avium
  • Bordetella avium
  • Bordetella bronchiseptica
  • Bordetella pertussis
  • Brevibacillus brevis
  • Brevundimonas vesicularis
  • Brevunidmonas diminuta
  • Burkholderia cepacia
  • Campylobacter fetus ssp Fetus
  • Campylobacter jejuni
  • Candida albicans
  • Candida auris
  • Candida catenulata
  • Candida chiropterorum
  • Candida glabrata
  • Candida guilliermondii
  • Candida inconspicua
  • Candida intermedia
  • Candida kefyr
  • Candida lusitaniae
  • Candida melibiosica
  • Candida parapsilosis
  • Candida rugosa
  • Candida tropicalis
  • Candida utilis
  • Candida viswanathii
  • Chaetomium globosum
  • Citrobacter freundii
  • Clavibacter michiganense
  • Clostridium difficile – spore form
  • Clostridium difficile – vegetative form
  • Clostridium histolyticum
  • Clostridium perfringens
  • Clostridium sordellii
  • Clostridium sporogenes
  • Clostridium tetani
  • Corynebacterium afermentans
  • Corynebacterium ammoniagenes
  • Corynebacterium bovis
  • Corynebacterium diphtheriae
  • Corynebacterium jeikeium
  • Corynebacterium minutissimum
  • Corynebacterium mycetoides
  • Corynebacterium stationis
  • Corynebacterium xerosis
  • Cronobacter sakazakii
  • Dermatophilus congolensis
  • Elizabethkingia meningoseptica
  • Enterobacter aerogenes
  • Enterobacter agglomerans
  • Enterobacter agglomerans (Leciercia adecarboxylata)
  • Enterobacter cloacae
  • Enterobacter gergoviae
  • Enterobacter hormaechei
  • Enterobacter taylorae
  • Enterococcus faecalis
  • Enterococcus faecalis – Vancomycin Resistant (VRE)
  • Enterococcus faecium
  • Enterococcus hirae
  • Erwinia amylovora
  • Escherichia coli
  • Escherichia coli K-12
  • Escherichia coli O103:H11 (STEC)
  • Escherichia coli O103:K:H8
  • Escherichia coli O104:H21
  • Escherichia coli O104:H4
  • Escherichia coli O111:H8
  • Escherichia coli O111:NM (STEC)
  • Escherichia coli O121:H19 (STEC)
  • Escherichia coli O121:K-:H10
  • Escherichia coli O145-H18 (STEC)
  • Escherichia coli O145:H28
  • Escherichia coli O145:H48
  • Escherichia coli O157:H7
  • Escherichia coli O26:H11
  • Escherichia coli O26:H11 (STEC)
  • Escherichia coli O45:H2 (STEC)
  • Escherichia coli O45:K-:H-
  • Escherichia coli serotype O25:K98:NM
  • Fusobacterium nucleatum
  • Geobacillus stearothermophilus
  • Haemophilus actinomycetemcomitans
  • Haemophilus influenzae
  • Haemophilus parainfluenzae
  • Haemophilus parasuis
  • Hafnia alvei
  • Helicobacter pylori
  • Issatchenkia orientalis
  • Klebsiella oxytoca
  • Klebsiella planticola
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae
  • Klebsiella trevisannii
  • Kocuria kristinae
  • Kytococcus sedentarius
  • Lactobacillus casei
  • Lactobacillus malefermentans
  • Lactobacillus plantarum
  • Legionella pneumophila
  • Listeria monocytogenes
  • Listeria monocytogenes (serotype 4c)
  • Micrococcus luteus
  • Micrococcus yunnanensis
  • Moraxella catarrhalis
  • Mucor mucedo
  • Mycobacterium abscessus
  • Mycobacterium aurum
  • Mycobacterium avium subspecies avium
  • Mycobacterium bovis
  • Mycobacterium bovis – BCG
  • Mycobacterium fortuitum
  • Mycobacterium smegmatis
  • Mycobacterium terrae
  • Neisseria elongata
  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae
  • Neisseria lactamica
  • Neisseria meningitidis
  • Neisseria mucosa
  • Paenebacillus amyloyticus
  • Paenibacillus amylolyticus
  • Pantoea agglomerans
  • Pasteurella multocida
  • Penicillium chrysogenum
  • Penicillium corylophilum
  • Penicillium digitatum
  • Penicillium funiculosum
  • Penicillium variabile
  • Phormidium faveolarum
  • Pityrosporum ovale
  • Porphyromonas gingivalis
  • Prevotella intermedia
  • Prevotella nigrescens
  • Propionibacterium acnes
  • Proteus hauseri
  • Proteus mirabilis
  • Proteus vulgaris
  • Providencia rettgeri
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • Pseudomonas cichorii
  • Pseudomonas diminuta
  • Pseudomonas fluorescens
  • Pseudomonas fragi
  • Pseudomonas putida
  • Pseudomonas stutzeri
  • Pseudomonas syringae
  • Pseudomonas tolaasii
  • Raoultella terrigena (formerly Klebsiella)
  • Rhizobium meliloti
  • Rhizopus microsporus
  • Rhodococcus (Corynebacterium) equi
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  • Salmonella enterica
  • Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica
  • Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Agona
  • Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Anatum
  • Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Enteritidis
  • Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Gallinarum
  • Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Heidelberg
  • Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Newport
  • Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Paratyphi B
  • Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Pullorum
  • Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Typhi
  • Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Typhimurium
  • Salmonella enteritidis
  • Serratia grimesii
  • Serratia liquefaciens
  • Serratia marcescens
  • Serratia odifera
  • Shigella boydii
  • Shigella dysenteriae
  • Shigella flexneri serotype 1B
  • Shigella flexneri serotype 2B
  • Shigella sonnei
  • Staphylococcus (species)
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Staphylococcus aureus ssp. Aureus
  • Staphylococcus aureus – coagulase negative
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis
  • Staphylococcus felis
  • Staphylococcus haemolyticus
  • Staphylococcus hominis
  • Staphylococcus intermedius
  • Staphylococcus pseudintermedius
  • Staphylococcus saprophyticus
  • Staphylococcus simulans
  • Staphylococcus warneri
  • Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
  • Streptococcus agalactiae
  • Streptococcus constellatus subspecies Constellatus
  • Streptococcus dysgalactiae
  • Streptococcus equi ssp. equi
  • Streptococcus mutans
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae
  • Streptococcus pyogenes
  • Streptococcus pyogenes – M3 associated
  • Streptococcus salivarius
  • Streptococcus sanguinis
  • Streptococcus suis
  • Streptococcus thermophilus
  • Streptococcus uberis
  • Streptomyces gougerotii
  • Trichoderma virens
  • Trichoderma viride
  • Trichophyton interdigitale
  • Vibrio cholerae
  • Vibrio cholerae CVD 103-HgR
  • Xanthomonas axonopodis (citrus canker)
  • Xanthomonas campestris
  • Yersinia enterocolitica
  • Zygosaccromyces baillii
  • Carbapenem Resistant Escherichia coli (CDC 81371)
  • Linezolid Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (NRS 119)
  • Community Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus – CA-MRSA (Panton-Valentine leukocidin – PVL – positive) (NRS 192)
  • Community Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus – CA-MRSA (NRS 123)
  • Community Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus – CA-MRSA (NRS 384)
  • Hospital Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus – HA-MRSA (NRS-382)
  • Hospital Acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus – HA-MRSA (NRS-383)
  • Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) Escherichia coli sequence type ST131 (O25:H4) – The above organism is associated with “CTX-M-15” Extended spectrum - lacatamase (ESBL) activity
  • Metallo-beta lactamase (MBL) positive Pseudomonas aeruginosa CDC # 2012059
  • Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) and oxa-48 producing Klebsiella pneumoniae CDC # 082168
  • Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) Klebsiella pneumoniae – KPC-2 positive, ST258 CDC # 2008030
  • New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1 (NDM-1) positive Enterobacter cloacae (CDC 1000654)
  • New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1 (NDM-1) positive Klebsiella pneumoniae (CDC 1000527)
  • New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1 (NDM-1) positive Escherichia coli (CDC 1001728)
  • Vancomycin Intermediate Resistant Staphylococcus aureus – VISA (HIP 5836)
  • Vancomycin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus – VRSA (VRS1)

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