Clinical Antimicrobial Testing - Nelson Labs - Bozeman

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Clinical Antimicrobial Testing

Clinical Antimicrobial Testing

In order to quickly and efficiently validate your products, Nelson Labs Bozeman offers both Clinical and In-vitro industry standard testing. Our methods (ASTM, EN, AOAC, ISO) work on a variety of different study designs and our knowledgeable staff will work with you to determine how best to substantiate your product's intended purpose. Our clinical antimicrobial testing will determine your products efficacy and leave you with an edge on the competition.

A few of the most commonly tested products are:

  • Hand Sanitizers
  • Hand Soaps
  • Lotions
  • Preoperative Skin Preparation

Note: Above are just a few of the products we commonly test. There are plenty more we are capable of. Talk to one of our experts about your product today!

Methods

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Methods


ASTM

These are among the most commonly used ASTM methods, please note that these are not our only capabilities. After discussing your needs with our experts, we are able to purchas...

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ASTM - E2870

Standard Test Method for Evaluating Relative Effectiveness of Antimicrobial handwashing Formulations using the Palmar Surface and Mechanical Hand Sampling This test method cov...

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ASTM - E2752

Standard Guide for Evaluation of Residual Effectiveness of Antibacterial Personal Cleansing Products This guide is designed to demonstrate the effectiveness of an antibacteria...

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ASTM - E2011

Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Hygienic Handwash and Handrub Formulations for Virus-Eliminating Activity Using the Entire Hand This test method is designed to evaluate...

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ASTM - E1838

Standard Test Method for Determining the Virus-Eliminating Effectiveness of Hygienic Handwash and Handrub Agents Using the Fingerpads of Adults This test method is designed to...

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ASTM - E1882

Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Antimicrobial Formulations by the Agar patch Technique This procedure can be used to evaluate formulations containing ingredients intend...

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ASTM - E1173

Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Preoperative, Precatheterization, or Preinjection Skin Preparations These procedures should be used to test topical antimicrobial-contai...

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ASTM - E1174

Standard Test Method for Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Health Care Personnel Handwash Formulations The procedure may be used to test the effectiveness of antimicrobial ha...

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ASTM - E2613

Standard Test Method for Determining Fungus-Eliminating Effectiveness of Hygienic Handwash and Handrub Agents Using Fingerpads of Adults This test method is designed to assess...

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ASTM - E1115

Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Surgical Hand Scrub Formulations The procedure in this test method should be used to evaluate the activity of the test formulation in re...

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ASTM - E2755

Standard Test Method for Determining the Bacteria-Eliminating Effectiveness of Healthcare Personnel Hand Rub Formulations Using Hands of Adults This test method is designed to...

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ASTM - E2276

Standard Test Method for Determining the Bacteria-Eliminating Effectiveness of Hygienic Handwash and Handrub Agents Using the FIngerpads of Adults This test method is designed...

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ASTM - E1327

Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Antimicrobial Handwash Formulations by Utilizing Fingernail Regions The procedure should be used to test the degerming effectiveness of ...

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ASTM - E2784

Standard Test Method for Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Handwash Formulations Using the Paper Towel (Palmar) Method of Hand Contamination This procedure has been designed ...

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ASTM - E2946

Standard test method for: Determining the Bacteria-Reducing Effectiveness and Food-Handler Handwash Formulations Using Hands of Adults During testing, subjects will contaminat...

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EN

European Standard (EN) are documents that globally recognized that define best practices and requirements for test-methods. This is a list of BSLI’s most commonly practiced EN...

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EN 12791

Surgical Hand Disinfection This European Standard specifies a test method simulating practical conditions for establishing whether a product for surgical hand disinfection re...

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EN 1499

Hygienic Handwash This European Standard specifies a test method simulating practical conditions for establishing whether a product for hygienic handwash (water-aided) reduces...

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EN 1500

Hygienic Handrub This European Standard specifies a test method simulating practical conditions for establishing whether a product for hygienic handrub (leave-ons) reduces the...

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Labs


Clinical Testing Laboratory

Our Clinical Trials testing is conducted in compliance with Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GLP) and is crafted to meet your specific needs. Throughout the study our Princi...

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Cosmetic Testing Laboratory

The Nelson Labs Bozeman Skin Technology Center is a research and technology division providing product safety, efficacy and claims substantiation studies for topical products....

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Clinical Antimicrobial Testing Services


Agar Patch - Antimicrobial Persistence Test

Persistence, the continuance of bactericidal or bacteriostatic activity for some period of time after product use, may be a very desirable attribute for topical antimicrobial ...

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Cup Scrub for Persistence

This antimicrobial effectiveness testing may be used to evaluate if a test product has persistent log10 reductions post-application. This post-application evaluation may be co...

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Food Handlers Handwash

The approved ASTM E2946-13 method as well as other approved methods are used to conduct these studies. Subjects contaminate all surfaces of the hands and fingers with E. coli ...

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Healthcare Personnel Handwash & Handrub

BioScience Laboratories has been closely involved in the development and refinement of the Healthcare personnel handwash & Healthcare personnel handrub testing methods use...

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Injection Site Protection

Injection sites are a common source of nosocomial infections. Proper pre-treatment and prophylaxis of these sites are important to reducing healthcare costs and improving pati...

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Pre-Operative Skin Preparation

The FDA has a process in place for formal evaluation of the results of these studies. Also of note is that ASTM's Standard Method E1173, which provides a nearly identical meth...

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Surgical Scrub

Surgical scrub formulations are designed to remove both the transient microorganism population as well as a large proportion of the normal flora of the hands. In order to be c...

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Coronavirus: Clinical Virology Testing

In-vivo, clinical efficacy testing using EPA approved coronavirus surrogates (OC43 & 229E) is now available. Efficacy testing on sanitizers, rubs, soaps, and other topical...

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