This European Standard specifies a test method simulating practical conditions for establishing whether a product for hygienic handwash reduces the release of transient microbial flora on hands when used to wash the artificially contaminated hands of volunteers. NOTE 1 Attention is drawn to the fact that tests on human volunteers are the subject of legal provisions in certain European countries/regions. This European Standard applies to products for hygienic handwash for use in areas and situations where disinfection is medically indicated. Such indications occur in patient care, for example: in hospitals, in community medical facilities and in dental institutions, in clinics of schools, of kindergartens and of nursing homes; and may occur in the workplace and in the home. It may also include services such as laundries and kitchens supplying products directly for the patient. EN 14885 specifies in detail the relationship of the various tests to one another and to "use recommendations". NOTE 2 This method corresponds to a phase 2, step 2 test.
EN 1499:2013 Referenced Document
EN 12353:2013 Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics - Preservation of test organisms used for the determination of bactericidal (including Legionella), mycobactericidal, sporicidal, fungicidal and virucidal (including bacteriophages) activity
EN 14885:2006 Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics - Application of European standards for chemical disinfectants and antiseptics*， 2024-04-20 Update
EN 1499:2013 history
2013EN 1499:2013 Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics - Hygienic handwash - Test method and requirements (phase 2/step 2)
1997EN 1499:1997 Chemical Disinfectants and Antiseptics - Hygienic Handwash - Test Method and Requirements (Phase 2/Step 2)