> Sam Allen at the company responded with the following: > > "Regarding testing procedures, these are quite standardized and reliable. > Laboratories have to be accurate to get repeat business. Known strains of > microorganisms are placed in vitro in measured quantities, and the > germicide is introduced in succeedingly smaller parts per million, until no > inhibitory effect is established. This procedure generally is performed by > hundreds, then tens, until you get into single numbers. (Why the report > said 10 to 100 times more effective.) This then provides us with an MIC, or > 'Minimum Inhibitory Concentration'. This has been consistently the easiest > and most reliable way to test the effectiveness of any anti-microbial > agent. Will since they have the lab report, I wonder if they would want to part with a copy of it? A lot of companies say they have lab reports, but for some reason, never produce them. The better ones do however. bjs
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