Product Test Results
Test Methods
Use sterilised by passing through 75% alcohol of the purifier.
500 ml of sterile water was allowed to pass through the purifier
10 ml of test micro-organism inoculum consisting of 108 cells was added into 1 litre sterile diluent (0.1% peptone) and pumped 500 ml through the system for testing.
The bacterial counts before and after passing through the system were determined in accordance with: FDA bacteriological Analytical Manual Online, January 2001 Chapter 3 “Aerobic Plate Count”
Test Organisms
Escherichia coli ATCC 8739
Legionella pneumophila ATCC 33152
Test Results
|
Test microorganism |
Total Bacteria Count CFU/ml |
Total Bacteria Count (After the system) |
Reduction % |
|
Escherichia coli
|
8.0 x 104 |
< 1 |
>99.99 |
|
Legionella pneumophila ATCC 33152
|
2.0 x 104 |
< 1 |
>99.99 |
Test Results
|
Test microorganism |
Total Bacteria Count CFU/ml |
Total Bacteria Count (After the system) |
Reduction % |
|
Escherichia coli |
8.0 x 104 |
< 1 |
>99.99 |
|
Legionella pneumophila ATCC 33152 |
2.0 x 104 |
< 1 |
>99.99 |