Standard Practice for Evaluation of Effectiveness of Decontamination Procedures for Surfaces When Challenged with Droplets Containing Human Pathogenic Viruses (Withdrawn 2024)

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Hardcopy , PDF

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English

Published date

25-05-2016

Publisher

American Society for Testing and Materials

1.1This practice is designed to evaluate decontamination methods (physical, chemical, self-decontaminating materials) when used on surfaces contaminated with virus-containing droplets.

1.2This practice defines the conditions for simulating respiratory droplets produced by humans and depositing the droplets onto surfaces.

1.3The practice is specific to influenza viruses but could be adapted for work with other types of respiratory viruses or surrogates.

1.4This practice is suitable for working with a wide variety of environmental surfaces.

1.5This practice does not address the performance of decontaminants against microbes expelled via blood splatter, vomit, or fecal contamination.

1.6This practice should be performed only by those trained in bioaerosols, microbiology, or virology, or combinations thereof.

1.7The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.

1.8This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

Committee	E 35
DocumentType	Standard Practice
Pages	7
PublisherName	American Society for Testing and Materials
Status	Current
Supersedes	ASTM E 2721 : 2010

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