1、Designation:E315218Standard Guide forStandard Test Methods and Practices Available forDetermining Antifungal Activity on Natural or SyntheticSubstrates Treated with Antimicrobial Agents1This standard is issued under the fixed designation E3152;the number immediately following the designation indicat
2、es the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope1.1 This guide provides information on various test meth
3、odscurrently available to assess antifungal activity on natural orsynthetic substrates.1.2 Knowledge of microbiological techniques is requiredfor the practice of this guide.1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility
4、of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety,health,and environmental practices and deter-mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.1.4 This international standard was developed in accor-dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-ization establi
5、shed in the Decision on Principles for theDevelopment of International Standards,Guides and Recom-mendations issued by the World Trade Organization TechnicalBarriers to Trade(TBT)Committee.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2C1338 Test Method for Determining Fungi Resistance ofInsulation Mater
6、ials and FacingsD2020 Test Methods for Mildew(Fungus)Resistance ofPaper and Paperboard(Withdrawn 2009)3D3273 Test Method for Resistance to Growth of Mold on theSurface of Interior Coatings in an Environmental Cham-berD3456 Practice for Determining by Exterior Exposure Teststhe Susceptibility of Pain
7、t Films to MicrobiologicalAttackD4141/D4141M Practice for Conducting Black Box andSolar Concentrating Exposures of CoatingsD4300 Test Methods for Ability of Adhesive Films toSupport or Resist the Growth of FungiD4445 Test Method for Fungicides for Controlling Sapstainand Mold on Unseasoned Lumber(La
8、boratory Method)D4576 Test Method for Mold Growth Resistance of WetBlue and Wet WhiteD4783 Test Methods for Resistance of Adhesive Prepara-tions in Container to Attack by Bacteria,Yeast,and FungiD5259 Test Method for Isolation and Enumeration of En-terococci from Water by the Membrane Filter Procedu
9、reD5590 Test Method for Determining the Resistance of PaintFilms and Related Coatings to Fungal Defacement byAccelerated Four-Week Agar Plate AssayD6329 Guide for Developing Methodology for Evaluatingthe Ability of Indoor Materials to Support MicrobialGrowth Using Static Environmental ChambersD6469
10、Guide for Microbial Contamination in Fuels and FuelSystemsD6974 Practice for Enumeration of Viable Bacteria andFungi in Liquid FuelsFiltration and Culture ProceduresD7436 Classification System for Unfilled Polyethylene Plas-tics Molding and Extrusion Materials with a FractionalMelt Index Using ISO P
11、rotocol and MethodologyD7855/D7855M Test Method for Determination of MoldGrowth on Coated Building Products Designed for Inte-rior Applications Using an Environmental Chamber andIndirect InoculationD7910 Practice for Collection of Fungal Material FromSurfaces by Tape LiftE1326 Guide for Evaluating N
12、on-culture MicrobiologicalTestsE2111 Quantitative Carrier Test Method to Evaluate theBactericidal,Fungicidal,Mycobactericidal,and SporicidalPotencies of Liquid ChemicalsE2197 Quantitative Disk Carrier Test Method for Determin-ing Bactericidal,Virucidal,Fungicidal,Mycobactericidal,and Sporicidal Acti
13、vities of ChemicalsE2471 Test Method for Using Seeded-Agar for the Screen-ing Assessment of Antimicrobial Activity In Carpets1This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E35 on Pesticides,Antimicrobials,and Alternative Control Agents and is the direct responsibility ofSubcommittee E35.15
14、on Antimicrobial Agents.Current edition approved Feb.1,2018.Published March 2018.DOI:10.1520/E3152182For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Documen
15、t Summary page onthe ASTM website.3The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced onwww.astm.org.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United StatesThis international standard was developed in accordance with international
16、ly recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for theDevelopment of International Standards,Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade(TBT)Committee.1 E2722 Test Method for Using Seeded-Agar for the Screen-ing Assessment of Antimicrobial Activity in Fabric andAir Filter MediaF1094 Test Methods for Microbiological Monitoring ofWater Used for Processing Electron and MicroelectronicDevices by Direct Pressure