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Chapter 4<br />

contact time should be used with the disinfectants. Therefore this<br />

component should be adjusted based on the specification <strong>of</strong> the particular<br />

disinfectant in use.<br />

The standard designated E2799-12 outlines a method <strong>of</strong> testing<br />

disinfectant efficacy against an established P. aeruginosa bi<strong>of</strong>ilm using the<br />

MBEC assay [126]. The MBEC assay consists <strong>of</strong> a 96 well microtiter plate<br />

with appendages (pegs) attached to the lid. The bi<strong>of</strong>ilm is grown on the<br />

surface <strong>of</strong> the pegs in a closed batch system and each well in the plate may<br />

contain different test strains or concentration <strong>of</strong> nutrients. After the<br />

bi<strong>of</strong>ilm is established, the lid (with pegs attached) can be attached to a new<br />

plate with disinfectant agents contained in each well. After a specific<br />

contact time, the pegs can be broken <strong>of</strong>f the top <strong>of</strong> the lid and placed in<br />

broth. The broth can be used for serial dilutions and enumeration via the<br />

plate count method. The bi<strong>of</strong>ilm development time using this method is 24<br />

hours which may be too short to test the disinfectant efficacy against a<br />

developed bi<strong>of</strong>ilm as depending on the conditions within the system. The<br />

time allowed for bi<strong>of</strong>ilm development was also discussed previously in<br />

more detail in chapter 3. The sonication time was also longer<br />

(30±5minutes) than recommended using other systems including the CBR,<br />

which may reflect the organisms under examination. There are also no<br />

recommendations for specific contact times with disinfectants using the<br />

MBEC method.<br />

4.1.4. The influence <strong>of</strong> bi<strong>of</strong>ilm models on the efficacy <strong>of</strong> disinfectant<br />

agents<br />

As discussed, there are a number <strong>of</strong> different models for examining the<br />

efficacy <strong>of</strong> disinfectant agents against bacterial suspensions, surface<br />

adherent bacterial cells and cells associated with a bi<strong>of</strong>ilm matrix. The<br />

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