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Chapter 4<br />

Surprisingly, Nguyen et al. found that 50 ppm sodium chlorite (equivalent<br />

to 50mg/L or 0.005%) was an effective disinfectant which achieved an >8<br />

log 10 reduction in the number <strong>of</strong> viable cells removed from stainless steel<br />

and acrylic surfaces against a 24 hour S. Typhimurium. A ≥4 log 10 reduction<br />

in cells was achieved against a 48- and 96- hours bi<strong>of</strong>ilm on an acrylic<br />

surface using a petri-dish with a bacterial suspension in order to achieve<br />

bi<strong>of</strong>ilm development. As a result, the extensive differences in bi<strong>of</strong>ilm<br />

model may provide reason for the vast difference in results achieved [217]<br />

.<br />

Ramesh and colleagues also found that 250ppm (250mg/L) sodium<br />

hypochlorite was an effective disinfectant which resulted in a mean log 10<br />

reduction <strong>of</strong> 6.26 after 1 minute contact time with a Salmonella bi<strong>of</strong>ilm<br />

formed on galvanised stainless steel over 4 days (96 hours) [150]. Ramesh<br />

et al. reported that after 2 minutes exposure 2 <strong>of</strong> the 13 disinfectants<br />

tested resulted no cells detected recovered from the surface. The two<br />

successful disinfectants were a 0.05% concentration <strong>of</strong> sodium<br />

hypochlorite (500mg/L or 500ppm) and a 1% concentration <strong>of</strong> alkaline<br />

peroxide [150].This is in complete contrast the results <strong>of</strong> this chapter that<br />

found even after a contact time <strong>of</strong> 90 minutes the same concentration was<br />

not effective at reducing the number <strong>of</strong> bi<strong>of</strong>ilm cells from the 48 hour or<br />

168 hour bi<strong>of</strong>ilm. The large difference in log 10 reduction may be due to<br />

dissimilar bi<strong>of</strong>ilm conditions, substratum or bi<strong>of</strong>ilm removal methods.<br />

Ramesh et al. used a static bi<strong>of</strong>ilm model (microtiter plate) with stainless<br />

steel coupons and surface swabbing for bacterial removal. However, the<br />

use <strong>of</strong> swabbing or scraping may not be an accurate representation <strong>of</strong> a<br />

meaningful log 10 reduction unless it is confirmed that all viable cells are<br />

removed from the surface. SEM analysis was performed to visualise the<br />

intact bi<strong>of</strong>ilm, however the author gave no indication that SEM was used to<br />

confirm complete removal <strong>of</strong> the treated bi<strong>of</strong>ilm. Moreover, some<br />

disinfectants may contain other compounds such as gluteraldehyde which<br />

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