Korean J Anesthesiol.  1970 Jan;3(1):113-117.

Studies of the AntimicrobiaI Activities of Active Alkaline-Glutaraldehyde in Vitro Tests

• Oh HK
• Song SH
• Chiin JS
• Koh CM
• Choi TK

Abstract

The discovery of an ideal technique for sterilising contaminated respirators and other anesthesia equipment remains a major problems, The antimicrobial activities of a recently discovered disinfectant alktaline-glutaraldehyde(Cidex), studied in vitro against various species of bacteria and fungi. The antimicrobial activity tests were performed according to the modified Kolmer method. The testing organisms were cultured in broth media at 37 degrees C and 25 degrees C for 18 hours to 14 days, and the disinfectant was diluted with sterile distilled;water to 0.4% and 2.0%. One milliliter of cultured broth was transferred into disinfectant-containing media and after 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 30 and 60 minutes, one loopful of the mateials was removed from the media and inoculated into the broth media. All of the subcultures were incubated at 37 degrees C for 24 hours and fungal subcultures were incubated at 25 degrees C for 14 days. Results were obtained as follows: 1) Most of the bacteria were completely growth-inhibited by treatment with 0.4% active alkaline-glutaraldehyde solution for 2 minutes except a few strains such as St. aureus, B. subtilis and M. tuberculosis, which required from 16 to 20 min. 2) Mycobacterium tuberculosis was relatively resistant but it could be growth-inhibited by treatment with 2.0% solution for 2 minutes. 3) Growth inhibiting of fungi could be obtained by treatment with 2.0% solution for 5 to 10 minutes.

MeSH Terms

Anesthesia
Bacteria
Fungi
Glutaral*
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
Ventilators, Mechanical
Glutaral