Deutsches Institut fur Normung e. V.

Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics - Application of European Standards for chemical disinfectants and antiseptics
 N EN 14885

Annotation

This European Standard specifies the European Standards to which products have to conform in order to support the claims for microbicidal activity which are referred to in this European Standard. This European Standard also specifies terms and definitions which are used in European Standards. It is applicable to products for which activity is claimed against the following microorganisms: vegetative bacteria (including mycobacteria and Legionella), bacterial spores, yeasts, fungal spores and viruses (including bacteriophages). It is intended to:

a) enable manufacturers of products to select the appropriate standards to be used in order to provide data which support their claims for a specific product;

b) enable users of the product to assess the information provided by the manufacturer in relation to the use for which they intend to use the product;

c) assist regulatory authorities in assessing claims made by the manufacturer or by the person responsible for placing the product on the market.

It is applicable to products to be used in the area of human medicine, the veterinary area and in food, industrial, domestic and institutional areas. In the area of human medicine, it is applicable to chemical disinfectants and antiseptics to be used in areas and situations where disinfection or antisepsis is medically indicated. Such indications occur in patient care

— in hospitals, in community medical facilities and dental institutions,

— in clinics of schools, of kindergartens and of nursing homes,