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Setting standards in disinfection.
Disinfectants Commission
Tested and Certified.
The Disinfectants Commission is committed to promoting public health. Its purpose is to ensure that only those disinfectant products are used which were found to be effective when tested according to up-to-date scientific methods. Also, adverse effects on the environment and human health – e.g. by inadequate usage – are to be avoided.
Members of the Disinfectants Commission.
The commissions consists of a maximum of 20 scientists and professionals with expertise in the validation and verification of disinfectant procedures or in the field of applied hygiene and public health or with knowledge about human toxicological and ecological consequences of disinfection.
Further requirements are: a university degree in medicine, chemistry or biology. Employees of companies which manufacture, distribute or market disinfectants cannot become members of the Commission.
News.
High concentration and high dose of disinfectants and antibiotics used during the COVID-19 pandemic threaten human health.
Chen ZL, Guo JS, Jiang YX, Shao Y. Environ Sci Euro 2021;33(1):11.
Eurosurveillance 3/2021: Publication on the European tiered approach for virucidal efficacy testing, which corresponds to the DVV/VAH-methods on certification of virucidal hand, surface and instrument disinfectant published in 2019.
https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.3.2000708
ECHA is collecting the national authorities’ feedback on specific difficulties and urgent questions that need to be clarified to support enforcement at a national level.
https://echa.europa.eu/-/eu-member-states-report-illegal-and-ineffective-disinfectants
Take advantage of the convenient access to the VAH List of Disinfectants which can now be used online without prior registration.
Quick search, advanced search and also detailed search in the individual application areas – find what you are looking for even faster.
More new features:
- Improved auto-completion when searching by product name.
- Retrieve certified products of a company across all application areas.
- Sort your search results in the results table.
The compilation of a disinfectant list by a manufacturer-independent expert commission is unique in Europe and represents the highest possible safety level for prophylactic disinfection. It is precisely for this reason that the RKI specifically refers to the VAH list even in times of epidemics.
Working Groups.
The three Working Groups of the Commission deal with the requirements for the certification and listing of products, the elaboration of methods for certification of virucidal activity as well as questions related to practical disinfection. In addition, a steering committee for ring trials was installed.
Cooperating Societies.
The Commission cooperates with other specialist societies and organisations which are committed to promote public health and which send representatives to take part in meetings.
Contact the Disinfectants Commission.
The head office of the Disinfectants Commission is affiliated with the Institute for Hygiene and Public Health of Bonn University. You may also contact the Commission via the Service Center.