Brands, Britta: Development of a new method to identify parameters affecting the microbial reduction in domestic dishwashers. - Bonn, 2021. - Dissertation, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.
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author = {{Britta Brands}},
title = {Development of a new method to identify parameters affecting the microbial reduction in domestic dishwashers},
school = {Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn},
year = 2021,
month = jul,

note = {The purpose of dishwashing is to clean the items used. In addition to the removal of food residues, the aim is to reduce microbial contamination on dishes and cutlery so that it is reduced below the infectious dose.
It has long been known that washing dishes with a fully loaded dishwasher is more efficient than washing them by hand, and thus uses significantly less energy and water.
It has also been shown that the microbial reduction in the dishwasher is higher than in hand dishwashing. It should be noted, however, that these statements were made when the average temperatures during machine dishwashing were 60 °C and higher.
The continuing trend and increasing pressure on appliance manufacturers to use less and less energy and water in order to achieve good efficiency classes in the classification according to the EU energy label raised the question of what effect this has on the microbial reduction.
As there was no standardised method for identifying the parameters that determine the microbial reduction in household dishwashers until now, the aim was to develop such a method. At the same time, care should be taken during the development to ensure that this method can be used in as many laboratories as possible. For this reason, the strain Enterococcus faecium DSM 2146, which is established for testing commercial dishwashers, should not be used, as this strain may only be handled in laboratories with the approval to work with organisms of biosafety-level 2.
With Micrococcus luteus DSM 1790, an alternative test organism of biosafety-level 1 was identified which shows comparable reductions and in some points even offers better differentiation. A systematic analysis of cleaning cycles in a specially programmed dishwasher showed that the factors cleaning and rinse temperature, cleaning duration and the use of dishwashing detergent of different formulations all influence the reduction of microorganisms. It was shown that the remaining bacterial count increases especially at low temperatures and short cycles.
Therefore, regular cleaning at high temperatures is recommended to ensure a hygienically safe status of both the dishes and the dishwasher.},

url = {https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/9244}
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