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July 17 - 19, 2007: Guidance on Test Methods for Demonstrating the Efficacy of Antimicrobial Products for Inactivating Bacillus anthracis Spores on Environmental Surfaces
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Federal Register Notice
Federal Register Notice announcing this meeting.
Directions and Other Logistics Information
General directions and other logistical information is no longer available.
Agenda
Agenda (PDF) (9 pp, 34K)
Panel Members
Meeting Materials
- Charge to Panel in Memorandum dated June 7, 2007 (PDF) (8 pp, 461K) from Frank Sanders to Joe Bailey transmitting background materials.
- AOAC Official Method 966-04 Sporicidal Activity of Disinfectants (Not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- Modification to the AOAC Sporicidal Activity of Disinfectants Test (Method 966.04): Collaborative Study. Tomasino and Hamilton. (Not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- Journal of AOAC International. Vol. 89, No.5, 2006 (Not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- ASTM E 2111-05: Standard Quantitative Carrier Test Method to Evaluate the Bactericidal, Fungicidal, Mycobactericidal, and Sporicidal Potencies of Liquid Chemical Microbicides. (Not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- ASTM E 2414-05: Standard Test Method for Quantitative Sporicidal Three-Step Method (TSM) to Determine Sporicidal Efficacy of Liquids, Liquid Sprays, and Vapor or Gases on Contaminated Carrier Surfaces. (Not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- ASTM E 2197-02: Standard Quantitative Disk Carrier Test Method for Determining the Bactericidal, Virucidal, Fungicidal, Mycobactericidal and Sporicidal Activities of Liquid Chemical Germicides. (Not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- Decontamination assessment of Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus subtilis, and Geobacillus stearothermophilus spores on indoor surfaces using a hydrogen peroxide gas generator. Rogers et al. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 99, 739-748. 2005. (Not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- Virulent spores of Bacillus anthracis and other Bacillus species deposited on solid surfaces have similar sensitivity to chemical decontaminants. Sagrapanti et al. Journal of Applied Microbiology 102 (2007). (Not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- Environmental Technology Verification Report: Bioquell, Inc. Clarus C Hydrogen Peroxide Gas Generator (March 2004) (see www.epa.gov/nhsrc/news/news060506.html).
- Environmental Technology Verification Report: CDG Research Corporation: Bench-Scale Chlorine Dioxide Gas: Solid Generator (September 2004) (see www.epa.gov/nhsrc/news/news060506.html).
- Environmental Technology Verification Report: Certek, Inc. 1414RH Formaldehyde Generator/Neutralizer (August 2004) (see www.epa.gov/nhsrc/news/news060506.html).
- Technology Evaluation Report on Evaluation of Chlorine Dioxide Gas Generator (April 2006) (see www.epa.gov/nhsrc/news/news060506.html).
- Technology Evaluation Report: Evaluation of Spray-Applied Sporicidal Decontamination Technologies (September 2006) (see www.epa.gov/nhsrc/news/news072406.html).
- Comparative Evaluation of Two Quantitative Test Methods for Determining the Efficacy of Liquid Sporicides and Sterilants on a Hard Surface: A Precollaborative Study. Tomasino and Hamilton. Journal of AOAC International. Vol. 90, No. 2, 2007. (Not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- Studies of Polyester Fiber as Carrier for Microbes in a Quantitative Test Methods for Disinfectants. Miner et al. Journal of AOAC International. Vol 87. No. 2. 2004. (Not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- Thermal Resistance of Spores from Virulent Strains of Bacillus anthracis and Potential Surrogates. Montville et al. Journal of Food Protection. Vol 68. No. 11, 2005. (Not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- UV Resistance of Bacillus anthracis Spores Revisited: Validation of Bacillus anthracis Spores as UV Surrogates for Spores of B. anthracis Sterne. Nicholson and Galeano. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Vol. 69. No. 2. 2003. (Not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- LInactivation of Spores of Bacillus anthracis Sterne, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis by Chlorination. Rice et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Vol. 71. No. 9. Sept. 2005. (Not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- Formaldehyde gas inactivation of Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus subtilis, and Geobacillus stearothermophilus spores on indoor surface materials. Rogers et al. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 2007. (Not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- Comparative sporicidal effect of liquid chemical germicides on three medical devices contaminated with spores of Bacillus subtilis. Sagripanti and Bonifacino. American Journal of Infection Control. 1996. (Not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- Repeatability and Reproducibility of Germicide Tests: A Literature Review. Tilt and Hamilton. Journal of AOAC International. Vol. 82, No. 2., 1999. (Not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- Welcome to the Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC International (OMA), 18th Edition. Webpage: http://eoma.aoac.org/.
- Appendix D: Guidelines for Collaborative Study Procedures to Validate Characteristics of a Method of Analysis. 2005 AOAC International. (Not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- Appendix E: Laboratory Quality Assurance. Chapter Editor: Joana Lynch. AOAC Official Methods of Analysis (2005). (Not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- A Practical Guide to Analytical Method Validation. Green. Analytical Chemistry (68) 305A-309A. 1996. (Not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- Hard Surface Carrier Test as a Quantitative Test of Disinfection: A Collaborative Study. Hamilton and DeVries. Journal of AOAC International. Vol. 78, No. 4. 1995. (Not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- Kinetics of Microbial Inactivation for Alternative Food Processing Technologies. Overarching Principles: Kinetics and Pathogens of Concern for All Technologies. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (see http:www.cfsan.fda.gov/~comm/ift-over.html).
- Spores of Bacillus subtilis: their resistance to and killing by radiation, heat and chemicals. Setlow. Journal of Applied Microbiology 101 (2006) 514-525. (Not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- Carrier Tests to Assess Microbicidal Activities of Chemical Disinfectants for Use on Medical Devices and Environmental Surfaces. Springthorpe and Sattar. Journal of AOAC International. Vol. 88, No. 1. 2005. (Not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- Inactivation of Bacillus anthracis Spores. Whitney. Emerging Infectious Diseases. Vol. 9, No. 6, June 2003. (Not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- Guidance on Test Methods for Determining the Efficacy of Antimicrobial Products for Inactivating Bacillus Anthracis Spores on Inanimate Surfaces (See: Background Document 6-18-2007 (PDF) (8 pp, 75K).
- Interlaboratory Collaborative Study: Validation Protocol for the Quantitative Three Step Method (See: 15-EPA's Final TSM Validation Protocol 7-20-06(revised) (PDF) (40 pp, 285K)
- SOP No. MB-15-01: Standard Operating Procedure for the AOAC Sporicidal Activity of Disinfectants Test (Cacillus x porcelain component only) (See: 2-EPA's MB-15-01.pdf (PDF) (34 pp, 820K)
Documents for this meeting, including public comments, are available in the OPP Regulatory Public Docket (703-305-5805) and may be available online in the FDMS Docket System under docket ID #EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0186. For more information on the FDMS Docket System.