Biofilm Testing Laboratory

BioScience Laboratories, Inc. (BSLI) offers services to companies that want to substantiate anti-biofilm claims for their products, and we can assist you in test design and execution. Using ASTM methods, customized experiments, and regulatory insight, BioScience Laboratories, Inc. can help you generate the data needed to support your anti-biofilm claims, such as biofilm kill, removal, and prevention.

Testing Capabilities:

• Biofilm disinfectant efficacy testing
• A chronic wound biofilms and dressings
• Oral biofilms
• Medical devices
• Drug synergy (modified checkerboard assay)
• Biofilm in treated water systems

Biofilm Test Methods:

• CDC Biofilm Reactor Protocol ASTM E2562 and Single Tube Method ASTM E2871
• Drip Flow Reactor Protocol ASTM E2647
• Modified Colony/Drip Flow Reactor Protocol
• Minimum Biofilm Eradication Concentration (MBEC) Testing ASTM E2799
• EPA Protocols (MB-19, MB-20)
• Zero-Shear (Static) Colony Biofilm Method
• Custom experimental designs

Product Types:

• Soluble powders
• Liquids
• Coatings
• Surfaces
• Solid materials
• Devices
• Polymers

Organisms:

• Pseudomonas species
• Staphylococcus and MRSA species
• Candida species
• Clinical samples
• Environmental samples
• Donated saliva
• Antibiotic-resistant strains
• Additional microorganisms (inquire)

Methods