News from the expert groups

DR. BRILL INSTITUTES is engaged in several expert groups to contribute continuously to the scientific know-how for patient and environmental safety.

In February Dr. Florian H. H. Brill participated as Convenor of the Working Group 5 in the high-level CEN and CENELEC TC 216 plenary meeting with the who is who of efficacy testing of disinfectants and antiseptics in Lille hosted by Laboratoires Anios with Sophie Loeffert-Frémiot and led by the chairwoman Christine Roques. A number of important strategic decisions were made.

In March Dr. Florian H. H. Brill participated in the Working Group 3 meeting of CEN TC 216 in Milano. He reported from his strategic working group 5 as well as the on-going projects for developing a phase 2 step 2 test for surface disinfection with mechanical action for WG 3 applications e. g. in food and feed area with an innovative automated application procedure.

Also, in March our surface disinfection expert Anna Ulatowski will report in the German mirror committee for WG 2 and 3 on the projects of PAS 2424 into an EN method and her development of a phase 2 step 2 surface disinfection test with mechanical action using an automated application procedure. Anna's Method for better standardization of drying microorganisms was published as part of the new EN 13697 in January.