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Intercomparison trials: A necessary to evaluation system
Intercomparisonย testsย are aย quality control system that allows laboratories to assess their technical competencies. Through them it is possible to analyze if the methods they apply in their day to day are the most appropriate, or if the processes are being executed correctly.
Intercomparative tests mainly benefit to the laboratories themselves, which help them to kept or extend their scope accreditation, also have a good reputationย and ensure that their results are reliable, which also benefits their customers.
How do they work?
In an intercomparative test,ย the samples are analyzed in parallel by all participants. SHAPYPRO organizes, studies and evaluates the persormance of participants, thus allowing the results obtained to be compared.
SHAPYPRO is in charge of sending a series of previously prepared and homogeneous samples to the different participants. These will have to analyze one or several parameters with their routine methods.ย Subsequently, they must send the results they have obtained to the organizer.
For the performance of this test you will receive together with the test product, reference product (soft soap diluted manufacture by us) totally free of charge. Reference product will be send with certificate of analysis, Safety and technical Data Sheet.
Talk about the trial according to ๐๐๐ด๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐๐ต – ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ (๐ฝ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ/๐๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฎ) ๐๐ก๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต:๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฏ
This European Standard ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ for stablishing whether a ๐ต๐๐ด๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ the release of transient ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐.
This test applies to ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ forย ๐ต๐๐ด๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐๐ต for use in areas and situations whereย disifectionย is medically indicated, for example:
- ๐ฉโโ๏ธ๐จโโ๏ธ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น๐, ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐.
- ๐ฅ๐ง๐ฆย ๐๐ป ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐, ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถย ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ง
- ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ, ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ. ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐. ๐งโ๐ณ๐ฉโ๐ณ
All manufacturers ๐ต๐๐ด๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ must ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒย #๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ย ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐt through ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฑ by ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐.
All ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ or those ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ need toย ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ (proficiency testing programs).
Trial Procedureย
The test procedure according to EN 1499:2013 for bactericidal activity (Test method and requirements, phase 2/step 2) must be strictly followed
Standard handwash procedure
In order to minimise methodological bias due to the number of participating volunteers, results from 13 valid volunteers must be used.
According to Annex A EN 1499:2013:
Follow steps 1 to 6. For the reference handwash (diluted soft soap) pre-wet the hands and apply 5 ml to the cupped hands and rub in. For the product under test, follow the manufacturerโs instructions regarding prewetting, volume of product, frequency of application and volume and time of addition of lukewarm tap water.
- Step 1Palm to palm.
- Step 2 Right palm over left dorsum and left palm over right dorsum (five times).
- Step 3 Palm to palm with fingers interlaced (five times).
- Step 4 Backs of fingers to opposing palms with fingers interlocked (five times).
- Step 5 Rotational rubbing of right thumb clasped in left palm and vice versa (five times).
- Step 6 Rotational rubbing, backwards and forwards with clasped fingers of right hand in left palm and vice versa (five times).
For the reference handwash, continue washing hands for a contact time of 60 s. Rinse finally for 15 s with tap water. For the product under test, follow the manufacturerโs instructions regarding the contact time and eventual repeats of the procedure; the final rinse, however, is always at least 10 s.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ ๐ง๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ according to ๐๐ก๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต is open and commencement in only 1 weeks. ๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐!ย โณ
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