[Investigation of the efficacy of electrolyzed acid water on the standard strains of some pathogenic microorganisms].

Many of the studies have indicated that electrolyzed acid water (EAW) has a strong microbicidal activity. In this study, EAW was obtained by the exposure of NaCl (10 g/L) and tap water mixture to direct electric current (2 ampere) during 15 minutes, in an instrument designed by the study group. EAW was tested for its inactivation efficacy on the standard strains of Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in different concentrations and for different periods (0, 10, 30 and 60 seconds). The EAW dilutions were prepared by using sterile deionized water in the rates of 100% (undiluted), 20%, 10%, 5%, 2% and 1%, while deionized water alone was used as control. The oxidation-reduction potency, pH, and free cloride amounts were separately measured in different concentrations of EAW. UNE-EN 1276 standard was used to investigate the inhibitory efficacy of EAW on S. aureus ATCC 29213, C. albicans ATCC 10231 and P. aeruginosa ATCC 9027 through the use of membrane filtration method. As a result, all of the microorganisms have been completely inactivated at the end of 10th second, in all of the EAW concentrations, except 1% dilution. However, after the treatment with 1% EAW during 60 seconds, it was determined that an average population of 4.09 log cfu/ml, 4.56 log cfu/ml, and 3.62 log cfu/ml survived, respectively for S. aureus, C. albicans and P. aeruginosa. Our data showed that 2% concentration of EAW had a bactericidal effect and may be used for the surface disinfection in practice.