IG Criticism Of Antimicrobial Regime Dodges Key Test Method Controversy

EPA's Inspector General (IG) appears to have sidestepped a longstanding controversy over a test method used to evaluate the efficacy of hospital disinfectants in its recent report slamming the agency's Antimicrobial Testing Program (ATP) for allowing more than 40 percent of products under its purview to go untested, and allowing other "failed" products to escape enforcement. The ATP program orchestrates efficacy testing for antimicrobial products used in hospitals and other medical settings to destroy harmful bacteria. The products are regulated...