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Issue Lait
Volume 74, Number 1, 1994
Page(s) 79 - 88
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/lait:199417

Lait 74 (1994) 79-88
DOI: 10.1051/lait:199417

Méthode de mesure de l'efficacité des procédés de nettoyage et de désinfection des surfaces ouvertes

A. Brouillaud-Delattrea, A. Kobilinskyb, O. Cerfc, S. Aligéc, G. Gerlotc and J.M. Herryc

a  Association pour le développement de la recherche dans l'industrie laitière, 34, rue de Saint-Pétersbourg, F-75382 Paris Cedex 08
b  Laboratoire de biométrie, INRA, route de Saint-Cyr, F-78026 Versailles Cedex
c  Laboratoire de génie de l'hygiène et des procédés alimentaires, INRA, 25, avenue de la République, F-91300 Massy, France

(Reçu le 10 juin 1993; accepté le 16 septembre 1993)

Abstract - Method for measuring the efficiency of cleaning and disinfection processes on open surfaces
This paper describes a method for measuring the efficiency of cleaning and disinfection processes on open surfaces (which cannot be cleaned in situ by fluid flowing in a closed circuit). A robot was used for ensuring reproducibility of operations. Representative dairy soils (rennet curd of 45% fat ultrafiltration retentate, saint-paulin cheese solubilized in 2% trisodium citrate) were spread over a plate including 16 samples of the studied surface material. The latter was AISI 304L stainless steel, with a roughness Ra of 0.25 or 0.73 μm. Microbial tracers were added to the soils for separate quantification of cleaning (thermophilic bacterial spores of Bacillus thermophilus var calidolactis,) and disinfection (mixed culture of 2 mesophilic vegetative bacteria: Lactococcus lactis subsp lactis, Leuconostoc mesenteroides). Disinfection tracers formed a biofilm in 18 h at 20°C. A multifactorial experimental design with 6 blocks including 2 repetitions was used. It enabled to show the influence and interactions of experimental factors such as application time, product concentration, soil type and weight, surface type and roughness, etc. The method was validated with a combined deter-gent-disinfectant. The method can be used in dairy and non-dairy contexts, since it can be applied to any representative soils and microorganisms (whether or not they form a biofilm), to any detergents and / or disinfectants, and with any experimental design.


Résumé - L'article décrit une méthode de mesure de l'efficacité du nettoyage et de la désinfection des surfaces ouvertes, c'est-à-dire non nettoyables par écoulement de liquide en circuit fermé. Elle utilise un robot pour assurer la reproductibilité des opérations. Elle emploie des souillures laitières représentatives des conditions industrielles, et des micro-organismes traceurs pour quantifier séparément le nettoyage (spores de bactéries thermophiles) et la désinfection (culture mixte de bactéries végétatives). Les traceurs de désinfection forment un biofilm. Un plan d'expérience multifactoriel est utilisé pour mettre en évidence l'influence et les interactions des facteurs expérimentaux tels que la durée d'application, la concentration de produit de nettoyage et de désinfection, la nature et la quantité de souillure, la nature et l'état de la surface, etc. Une expérimentation avec un produit détergent-désinfectant combiné permet de valider la méthode.


Key words: hygiene / cleaning / disinfection / surface / measurement / efficiency

Mots clés : hygiène / nettoyage / désinfection / surface / mesure / efficacité




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