EP3638806A1 - Procede et systeme de mesure de l'efficacite d'un dispositif de desinfection d'un habitacle de vehicule - Google Patents
Procede et systeme de mesure de l'efficacite d'un dispositif de desinfection d'un habitacle de vehiculeInfo
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- C12Q—MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEIC ACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL OR ENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES
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- A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
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- C12Q—MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEIC ACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL OR ENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES
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- the invention relates, in general, the field of sanitation of the interior surfaces of a vehicle cabin and more particularly the field of disinfection devices installed in many vehicles.
- the invention relates more specifically to a method and a system for measuring the effectiveness of a device for disinfecting the surfaces of the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle with regard to microbiological organisms.
- a motor vehicle comprises an ambient air management system within the passenger compartment of the vehicle, in particular to ensure the cleaning and the depollution of the air in the passenger compartment.
- Such an air management system may however be insufficient for the depollution of the interior surfaces of the passenger compartment.
- the control buttons or even the ventilation nozzles for example, it may happen that there deposits germs or microbes that can proliferate. In order to treat such surfaces infected by microorganisms, some motor vehicles are thus equipped with a device for disinfecting the surfaces of the passenger compartment.
- the document FR 2955031 describes a device for disinfecting a motor vehicle comprising a pneumatic energy module and a diffusion module of a disinfectant substance.
- the disinfection device allows, by the activation of the pneumatic energy module, to diffuse the disinfecting substance on the surfaces of the passenger compartment of the vehicle.
- Such a disinfection device thus having the function of reducing the concentration of microorganisms on the interior surfaces of the passenger compartment, must follow a series of tests to verify its effectiveness.
- the Japanese standard JIS Z 2801 describes test methods for verifying the bacterial activity and the evaluation of the effectiveness of a disinfection device with regard to such bacteria on various surfaces such as surfaces. plastics, metal or textiles. Such a standard, however, does not apply to all microorganisms. Indeed, the standard JIS Z 2801 does not deal with the evaluation of the effectiveness on fungal organisms, such as molds for example.
- the international standard ISO 22196 describes methods for measuring the antibacterial action of a disinfection device on plastic surfaces.
- the ISO 22196 standard does not deal with the measurement of the effectiveness of the disinfection device on metallic or textile surfaces, which are nevertheless present inside the passenger compartment of a vehicle, for example on seatbelt buckles or seat belts. seats.
- the invention therefore aims to overcome this deficiency by providing a simple, reliable and effective measurement method for measuring the effectiveness of a device for disinfecting the passenger compartment of a vehicle vis-à-vis microorganisms.
- the present invention relates to a method for measuring the effectiveness of a disinfection device, intended to be mounted in a motor vehicle, said measuring method comprising:
- a step of contamination with a microbiological solution comprising at least one strain of microorganisms of at least one test sample of a part of a passenger compartment of a vehicle and at least one control sample of said part of the passenger
- a step of operating the disinfection device during a predefined operating time said disinfection device being placed in the enclosure, a step of keeping said at least one control sample, outside the enclosure, in a safety enclosure, during said operating time of the predefined disinfection device, said safety enclosure having environmental conditions similar to the predetermined environmental conditions of the 'pregnant,
- Such a measurement method advantageously makes it possible to evaluate the effectiveness of a disinfection device, to install an effective disinfection device in a passenger compartment to limit possible contamination of the driver or a passenger by a bacteria or an unwanted germ.
- said concentration of microorganisms present on said at least one test sample and on said at least one control sample is calculated according to the following formula
- C 5 , C 6 are the respective concentrations of microorganisms, expressed in CFU / ml, present on said at least one test sample or on said at least one control sample;
- n is the number of colonies present in the test sample or in said control sample
- i is a number of the box the test sample or in said control sample;
- x is the number of test samples or control samples;
- v is the volume of microbiological solution deposited in the test sample or in said control sample: D is the dilution level chosen for said microbiological solutions;
- V T is the respective total volume of sample (s) of test or control sample (s) recovered.
- microbiological solutions have a concentration of 10 4 CFU / ml and microbiological solutions have a concentration of 10 7 CFU / ml.
- the measuring method comprises a step of setting up said disinfection device in said enclosure, to use a standard enclosure adapted to test any type of disinfection device.
- the measuring method comprises, prior to the step of contamination with a microbiological solution comprising at least one strain of microorganisms of said at least one test sample and said at least one control sample, a step for preparing said microbiological solution, allowing the samples to be contaminated by a microbiological solution containing a known initial concentration of microorganisms.
- the measuring method comprises, prior to the contamination step with a microbiological solution comprising at least one strain of microorganisms of said at least one test sample and said at least one control sample, a step of preparation of a treated surface of said at least one test sample and said at least one control sample, said treated surface being adapted to receive said microbiological solution.
- a surface treatment allows a better impregnation of the microbiological solution.
- the measuring method comprises, prior to the step of placing said at least one test sample in the chamber, a decontamination step of said enclosure, allowing the test to be carried out in an environment. healthy.
- the measuring method comprises, at the end of the test, a step of destroying said at least one test sample and said at least one contaminated control sample, so as to subsequently limit the risk of contamination.
- the contamination step of the measurement method is performed on a plurality of test samples and a plurality of sample samples of a plurality of parts of the passenger compartment of the vehicle, for evaluating the disinfection device on a plurality of surfaces belonging to a plurality of different parts of the passenger compartment.
- the disinfection device is disposed in the chamber in a central position above said at least one test sample, allowing, in the case of a plurality of test samples, an equivalent treatment. of each test sample, also distributed in the diffusion cone of the disinfection device.
- said at least one test sample and said at least one control sample comprise one or more materials, preferably a plastic material and / or a metallic material and / or a textile material, making it possible to evaluate the disinfection device on a plurality of surfaces designed in different materials.
- the microorganisms included in the microbiological solution belong to one or more of the following strains: Penicillium brevicompactum, Aspergillus niger, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli.
- Penicillium brevicompactum Aspergillus niger, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli.
- Such a variety of strains makes it possible to evaluate the disinfection device on all the microorganisms potentially present in a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle.
- the step of placing in the chamber is carried out for a plurality of test samples, each test sample comprising a different material contaminated with a microbiological solution comprising a strain of a different microorganism. , so as to measure the concentration of microorganisms on a plurality of different test samples.
- the invention also relates to a system for measuring the effectiveness of a disinfection device, intended to be mounted in a motor vehicle, said measuring system comprising:
- test means comprising:
- an enclosure comprising an opening adapted to allow air to circulate, said enclosure being adapted to receive said disinfection device and at least one test sample of a part of a passenger compartment of a vehicle, said at least one sample test being contaminated with a microbiological solution comprising at least one strain of microorganisms, at least one temperature sensor and an ozone sensor, so as to control the environmental conditions of said enclosure,
- a safety enclosure adapted to receive at least one control sample of said part of the passenger compartment, said at least one control sample being contaminated with said microbiological solution
- motorization means configured to enable the disinfection device to be put into operation
- measuring means adapted to measure the concentration of microorganisms present on said at least one test sample and the concentration of microorganisms present on said at least one control sample
- calculating means configured to calculate an efficiency ratio of the disinfection device as a function of the concentration of microorganisms measured on said at least one test sample and the concentration of microorganisms measured on said at least one control sample.
- each test sample and each control sample comprise a different material, preferably a plastic material, a metallic material or a textile material, allowing the introduction into the measurement system of a plurality of samples. different test.
- each different sample is contaminated with a different microorganism, preferably belonging to one or more of the following strains: Penicillium brevicompactum, Aspergillus niger, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, allowing introduction into the system measuring a plurality of test samples contaminated with different microorganism strains.
- FIG. 1 a schematic representation of a system for measuring the efficiency of a disinfection device according to one embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 2 a diagram of the steps of a measurement method according to one embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 3 is a schematic representation of the arrangement of the test samples in a measurement system as described in FIG.
- the invention is described in particular, without this being interpreted restrictively, for the purpose of characterizing and measuring the effectiveness of a surface disinfection device.
- a passenger compartment intended to be integrated into a motor vehicle.
- some motor vehicles are equipped with a device for disinfecting the surfaces of the passenger compartment for decontaminating infected surfaces with one or more strains of microbiological organisms, commonly called microorganisms.
- Such surfaces belong to different parts of the passenger compartment such as the dashboard, seats, steering wheel or even the control buttons.
- the different parts of the passenger compartment comprise surfaces designed in different materials, such as metal surfaces (for example seat belt buckles), plastic surfaces (for example the coating of the dashboard or control buttons). ) or even textile surfaces (eg seats).
- such parts of the passenger compartment may be contaminated by different strains of microorganisms, characteristics of microorganisms present in a vehicle interior, such as:
- Figure 1 shows a measuring system 1 used for the measuring method according to the invention for evaluating the effectiveness of a disinfection device 10.
- a system 1 allows measurement of the concentration of microorganisms present on a plurality of samples of different parts of the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle with and without treatment by the disinfection device 10.
- the measuring system 1 extends longitudinally along an axis X, laterally along an axis Y and vertically along an axis Z, so as to form an orthogonal reference (X, Y, Z).
- the term horizontal means an object extending in the plane (X, Y).
- the term vertical designates an object extending in the plane (X, Z) and the transverse term, an object extending in the plane (Y, Z).
- the measurement system 1 comprises, according to a preferred embodiment:
- test means 2 configured to receive the disinfection device 10 to be tested
- measuring means configured to measure the concentration of microorganisms on a plurality of samples
- calculation means (not shown), configured to calculate an efficiency ratio T of the disinfection device 10.
- test means 2 preferably comprise:
- an enclosure 20 adapted to receive the disinfection device 10 to be tested and at least one test sample 5, corresponding to a sample of a part of the passenger compartment of the vehicle; preferably, but not necessarily, the enclosure 20 has an opening 200, configured to allow air circulation, in order to confer on the enclosure 20 improved representativity vis-à-vis a cockpit equipped vehicle an ambient air management system,
- a safety enclosure 21 adapted to receive at least one control sample 6 corresponding to a sample of the part of the passenger compartment of the vehicle in which the test sample 5 was taken, the safety enclosure 21 allowing the ensure the containment of microorganisms and thus the safety of the operators.
- the enclosure 20 is preferably in the form of a box, typically transparent plastic, having a sufficient volume to receive all of the aforementioned elements and a plurality of test samples. 5 and having an opening 200.
- a box typically transparent plastic
- the example described in this document, with reference to FIG. 1 presents an enclosure 20, for example with a volume of 9.5 L, with a round opening 200, having a diameter approximately 68 mm, centered on a face of the chamber 20.
- the transparent box advantageously allows a user to view the evolution of the test samples 5 during the measurement process.
- the enclosure 20 could be in a different form and be made of a different material, such as a metal material, for example.
- the test means 2 comprise at least one temperature sensor 22, that it extends along the length of the enclosure 20 so as to control the homogeneity of the temperature throughout the enclosure 20.
- the temperature sensor 22 could be in the form of a point sensor, in which case, the test means 2 would comprise a plurality of temperature sensors, for example three, so as to control the temperature at different points of the chamber 20.
- Such a temperature sensor 22 also advantageously allows the measurement and controlling the hygrometry inside the enclosure 20.
- the test means 2 also comprise an ozone sensor 23 for controlling the concentration of ozone inside the chamber 20.
- the test means 2 comprise in a preferred manner a hole, allowing the introduction of cables inside the enclosure 20. The presence of such a hole can cause fluctuations in environmental conditions inside the chamber 20 that it is therefore necessary to control . Such environmental conditions such as temperature, hygrometry or even the concentration of ozone are also verified in the safety chamber 21, configured to receive all the control samples 6.
- a speaker Safety 21 commonly referred to as a Microbiological Safety Station and known by the acronym PSM, ensures the safety of laboratory operators by forming a confined space.
- PSM Microbiological Safety Station
- the enclosure 20 is thus also preferably placed inside the safety enclosure 21.
- the measuring system 1 allows the measurement of the effectiveness of a disinfection device 10 with respect to microorganisms.
- the enclosure 20 is adapted to receive, during a test, at least one test sample 5 from a part of the passenger compartment of the vehicle and contaminated by one or more micro strain (s). -organisms previously prepared (s).
- a control sample 6 is taken from the same part of the passenger compartment and contaminated with the same strain (s) of microorganisms.
- the measurement system 1 is configured to preferably receive, in the security enclosure 21, a plurality of test samples 5 inside the enclosure 20 and a plurality of control samples 6 outside the enclosure. the enclosure 20.
- test means 2 are further adapted to receive the disinfection device 10 to be tested.
- a disinfection device 10 is placed in a horizontal plane in height, so as to be positioned, in the enclosure 20, above a plurality of test samples 5.
- the measuring system 1 comprises motorization means (not shown in FIG. 1).
- motorization means for example an electric motor, allow the activation of the disinfection device 10 for a predetermined duration corresponding to the duration of the test necessary for measuring the efficiency of the disinfection device 10.
- the measuring system 1 comprises measurement means (not shown in FIG. 1), making it possible to measure the concentration of microorganisms present in the plurality of test samples 5 and the plurality of control samples. 6 and calculation means (not shown in Figure 1), for calculating a T effectiveness rate of the disinfection device 10 introduced into the measuring system 1. It will now be described a method of measuring the effectiveness of a disinfection device 10 according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, using a measuring system 1 as described above.
- all the steps of the measurement process are preferably performed in a dedicated laboratory, whose environment is controlled.
- the steps of the measurement method are thus performed in a safety enclosure 21, as described above and also known by the acronym BSC, meaning Biosafety Cabinet in the English language.
- BSC Biosafety Cabinet
- Figure 2 shows schematically the steps of such a measurement method according to one embodiment of the invention.
- the measuring method preferably comprises a first step E0 of decontamination of the measuring system 1.
- decontamination can be carried out for example by the application of a disinfecting product such as an alcoholic solution for example and allows the implementation of the test in a healthy environment.
- the measuring method then comprises, in a step E1, the preparation of a microbiological solution comprising one or more strain (s) of microorganisms.
- a microbiological solution comprising one or more strain (s) of microorganisms.
- a known amount of microorganisms is introduced into the microbiological solution.
- microorganisms consist, for example, of one or more of the following strains, corresponding to the microorganisms potentially present in a vehicle cabin and characteristics in the context of the measuring method according to the invention:
- microbiological solutions can be prepared, a bacterial solution for bacteria, for example Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Escherichia coli, and a fungal solution for molds, for example. Penicillium brevicompactu or Escherichia coli.
- Each microbiological solution typically has a concentration in microorganisms of 10 4 or 10 7 CFU / ml, CFU being the acronym for "Colony-Forming Units" in English, meaning "unit forming colonies", or "unipotent strain", the CFU being the unit used in microbiology to qualify the number of viable cells in a sample. Test in healing; for 10M for periodic test. Both at the same time allows both aspects to be tested at one time.
- a microbiological solution in order to prepare a microbiological solution, the strains of microorganisms are cultured and incubated for example at 30 ° C for 2 days for bacterial solutions and at 25 ° C for 7 days for fungal solutions.
- a microbiological solution having a concentration of 10 4 CFU / ml or 10 7 CFU / ml and / or is prepared for each strain of microorganisms, the concentration of microorganisms being for example evaluated by optical density at medium of a spectrophotometer.
- a microbiological solution is thus prepared for each of the above-mentioned microorganism strains.
- a first plurality of samples may be contaminated with a microbiological solution having a concentration of 10 4 CFU / ml, to evaluate the effectiveness of the disinfection device 10 implemented periodically, and a second plurality of samples may be contaminated with a microbiological solution having a concentration of 10 7 CFU / ml, to evaluate the effectiveness of the disinfection device 10 implemented for curative purposes.
- the measuring method according to the invention preferably makes it possible to evaluate the effectiveness of a disinfection device 10 on a plurality of parts of the passenger compartment of a vehicle comprising different materials, as described. previously.
- a plurality of samples from a plurality of parts of the passenger compartment is taken.
- a plurality of samples is further taken from the same part of the passenger compartment so that all parts of the passenger compartment can be tested against all the selected microorganism strains.
- Each sample is then prepared to obtain a sample of dimensions 5 cm by 5 cm for example. Similarly, in the case of an air filter, it is preferably flattened to obtain a sample thickness of between 2 and 3 mm, so as to ensure the homogeneity of the sample.
- One surface of each sample is then treated so as to contaminate each sample with a microbiological solution in a step E2. To do this, an equivalent amount, for example 0.1 ml is taken from one of the microbiological solutions and deposited on the treated surface of a sample of a portion of the passenger compartment. The microbiological solution is deposited equivalently, in a dose of 10 to 20 ⁇ , over the entire surface of the sample so as to cover the entire treated surface of the sample.
- Such manipulation is performed on several samples of the same part of the passenger compartment with several microbiological solutions comprising a different strain of microorganism. Similarly, this contamination of the samples is carried out for the same microbiological solution (that is to say comprising the same strain of microorganism) on a plurality of different samples.
- test samples can be taken from an air filter, a vehicle seat and the buckle of a seat belt. Each of these three parts of the cabin would then be contaminated by each of the five aforementioned microorganism strains. Thus, fifteen test samples would be evaluated during the measurement process.
- each sample is doubled.
- two samples of the same part of the passenger compartment contaminated with the same bacterial solution or the same fungal solution are made in such a way as to obtain a test sample 5 and a control sample 6 for each combination of a part of a cockpit and a microbiological solution.
- this step E2 results in a plurality of test samples and a plurality of contaminated control samples.
- thirty samples would in fact be necessary for the measurement process.
- the disinfection device 10 to be tested is then positioned in a step E3 preferably in the upper horizontal plane of the enclosure 20 and fixed for example by means of an adhesive tape, so as to be maintained thereafter at above-test samples 5.
- Such disinfection device 10 operates according to a diffusion cone 1 1 shown in Figure 3.
- the disinfection device 10 is disposed in the chamber 20 so that each sample test 5 is treated equivalently by the disinfection device 10.
- the plurality of test samples 5 above is introduced in a step E4 in the chamber 20 in a precise positioning, so that the treatment, by the disinfection device 10, undergoes during the measurement process. is identical for each test sample 5.
- the set of test samples 5 is for example disposed in a horizontal plane on the bottom of the enclosure 20 equidistantly in the center of the enclosure 20, as shown in FIG. 3, showing a top view of the measuring system 1 (eight test samples 5 are in this example designated A, B, C, E, I, J, K, L).
- the enclosure 20 then has precise environmental conditions, controlled by one or more sensors 22 of temperature and humidity and an ozone sensor 23, as described above.
- the plurality of control samples 6 is placed outside the enclosure 20, under the same controlled environmental conditions, preferably in the security enclosure 21 of the PSM type.
- the disinfection device 10 is positioned in the chamber 20 before the positioning of the test samples 5, but it goes without saying that the disinfection device 10 to be tested could be integrated into the measurement system 1 as soon as its introduction into the security enclosure 21 for example or even after the positioning of the test samples 5.
- the measuring method according to the invention then comprises, after the sealed closure of the chamber 20, a step E5 for operating the disinfection device 10 during a predefined operating time, for example for 8 hours.
- a regular measurement of the temperature, the hygrometry level and the ozone concentration is performed so as to control the environmental conditions inside the enclosure 20.
- the control samples 6 are stored, in a step E5 ', in the safety enclosure 21 having environmental conditions similar to those of the enclosure 20 to ensure that the environmental conditions are identical for the test samples 5 and the control samples 6.
- each test sample 5 is first cut into small pieces or ground in order to be deposited in a sterile container comprising a liquid recovery solution, for example with 30 ml of liquid solution in which said pieces are mixed, typically by means of a vortex for 2 times 2 minutes.
- the liquid solution is then diluted in a preferred manner in a dilution range of 10 -2 , that is to say 1/10. In other words, for 1 ml of liquid solution, 9 ml of dilution solution is added.
- 1 ml of each diluted solution is then deposited on a Petri dish, cultured and incubated in a similar manner to the previous incubation, that is to say for example at 30 ° C. C for bacterial solutions and at 25 ° C for fungal solutions.
- the same treatment is carried out for all the test samples 5 and all the control samples 6 so as to measure the concentration C 5 in microorganisms on each of the samples of test 5 and in parallel the concentration C 6 in microorganisms on each of the control samples 6.
- concentration C 5 in microorganisms is preferably determined in CFU / ml, as described above.
- two measurements are made, for example after 1 hour and after 8 hours of incubation so as to obtain two measurements of the concentration of microorganisms, to confirm the results obtained.
- said concentrations of microorganisms, respectively in the test samples 5 and in the control samples 6, are calculated by means of the following formula: n l + n 2 + 1 "n :
- C 5 , C 6 are the respective concentrations of microorganisms, expressed in CFU / ml, present on said at least one test sample 5 or on said at least one control sample 6;
- n is the number of colonies present in the test sample 5 or in said control sample 6;
- i is a number of the box the test sample 5 or in said control sample 6;
- x is the number of test samples 5 or control samples 6;
- v is the volume of microbiological solution deposited in the test sample 5 or in said control sample 6;
- D is the dilution level chosen for said microbiological solutions
- V T is the respective total volume of test sample (s) 5 or control sample (s) 6 recovered.
- An effectiveness rate T of the disinfection device 10 is then calculated in a step E7 as a function of the concentration C 5 in microorganisms measured on a test sample 5 (having been subjected to the treatment of the disinfection device 10 ) and the concentration Ce in microorganisms measured on a control sample 6 (not having been subjected to the treatment of the disinfection device 10), the test sample 5 and the control sample 6 coming from the same part of the cockpit and being contaminated by the same microbiological solution.
- the efficiency rate T of the disinfection device 10 is calculated as being equal to log ⁇ where C 5 is the concentration in microns
- Ce is the concentration of microorganisms measured on said at least one control sample 6.
- the measurement method then makes it possible to determine the validity of the effectiveness of the disinfection device 10, that is to say to consider its effectiveness as satisfactory, for example when the efficiency rate T is greater than one. predetermined threshold.
- the measuring method according to the invention preferably comprises a step E8 of destroying all of the test samples 5 and all the control samples 6, so as to limit any risk of contamination.
- Such a measurement method makes it possible to measure the effectiveness of a disinfection device 10 intended to be mounted in a motor vehicle with regard to microorganisms, making it possible to limit the proliferation of germs or bacteria in the passenger compartment of the vehicle. .
- Such a measurement method thus allows the use of effective disinfection devices, to limit the possible contamination of the driver or a passenger by a germ or an undesirable bacteria that can lead to diseases.
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