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3. Determining the antimicrobial activity of antiseptics and disinfectants
by Pascale BOUTTIER-BÉCASSE and Jacques Christian DARBORD
3.1 Definitions
Antiseptics and disinfectants are "health products" within the meaning of the new law 98-535 of 1
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July 1998. Products claiming antimicrobial activity of this type can be found among drugs (antiseptics in the strict sense), medical devices (disinfectants for medical devices such as endoscopes), certain cosmetics, surface disinfectants and disinfectants for premises. Since 1972, the Association française de normalisation (Afnor) has made a distinction between
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