In this study, we examined the physiochemical properties of nasoenteral feeding tubes made from two different types of polymer: silicone materials and polyurethane. The internal surfaces of the nasoenteral feeding tubes were analyzed for their hydrophobicity, roughness, microtopography, rupture-tension and ability to stretch. We also studied the adhesion of an isolated, multi-drug resistant strain of S. aureus to these polymers. The polyurethane nasoenteral tube, which was classified as hydrophilic, was more resistant to rupture-tension and stretching tests than the silicone tube, which was classified as hydrophobic. Additionally, the polyurethane tube had a rougher surface than the silicone tube. Approximately 1.0 log CFU.cm-2 of S. aureus cells adhered to the tubes and this number was not statistically different between the two types of surfaces (p > 0.05). In future studies, new polymers for nasoenteral feeding tubes should be tested for their ability to support bacterial growth. Bacterial adhesion to these polymers can easily be reduced through modification of the polymer's physicochemical surface characteristics.

Foi observada a adesão de Bacillus cereus em superfície de aço inoxidável em contato com o leite, segundo o procedimento de limpeza, a sanitização e as propriedades físico-químicas da superfície. O número de B. cereus viáveis, após os procedimentos de higienização, foi afetado pela temperatura, pela concentração das soluções alcalinas e ácidas e pelo pH da solução clorada. A adesão de B. cereus em aço inoxidável não foi termodinamicamente favorável, e ocorreu pouca adesão desse microrganismo, de acordo com os aspectos termodinâmicos da adesão.

Bacillus cereus adherence to stainless steel used to milk contact surfaces was observed, depending on the cleaning and sanitizing procedures applied and the physicochemical properties of the surfaces. Numbers of surviving B. cereus after hygiene procedures were affected by temperature, the concentrations of both alkaline and acid washes, and the pH of the chlorine solution. The adhesion of B. cereus to the stainless steel was not thermodynamically favorable, and the adherence of this microorganism occurred in lower number, in accordance to the thermodynamic aspect of adhesion.

Com o objetivo de fornecer subsídios para o controle de microrganismos em abatedouro de aves, avaliou-se a ação dos agentes químicos sanificantes comprovadamente mais eficientes (hipoclorito de sódio, ácido peracético, e dicloroisocianurato de sódio) em suspensões de esporos de bactérias aeróbias mesófilas e termófilas, isoladas de equipamentos de abatedouro de aves. Pelo teste de Duncan, constatou-se que dentre os esporos isolados o mais resistente obteve 1,5 e 1,2 RD quando em contato com o hipoclorito de sódio e ao ácido peracético com 30 minutos de tempo de contato, que foram os sanificantes mais eficientes (P > 0,05). O dicloroisocianurato de sódio proporcionou 0,1 RD em 30 minutos de tempo de contato com a mesma suspensão de esporos. Os esporos isolados apresentaram diferentes resistências aos sanificantes avaliados, indicando a necessidade de uma seleção criteriosa de agentes químicos para o procedimento de sanificação, sendo importante um rodízio entre os sanificantes mais eficientes testados, que foram o hipoclorito de sódio e o ácido peracético.

With the objective of providing subsidies for the control of microorganisms at poultry slaughter, evaluated the action of agents disinfectants chemists, provably more efficient (sodium hypochlorite, peracetic acid, and sodium dicloroisocyanurate) in suspensions of bacterium spores morphologicly different, isolated of equipaments of poultry slaughter. Through Duncan test, we verified that the most resistant, isolate, got 1,5 and 1,2 RD when in contact with the sodium hypochlorite and peracetic acid, respectively, with contact time of 30 minutes (P > 0,05). The sodium dicloroisocyanurate got 0,1 RD in 30 minutes of contact time with this suspension. The isolated spores show different resistances in relationship to disinfectants evatuaded, indicating the necessity of the standard selection of chemists agents for the proceeding of sanitation, being important a selection between the most efficient testified disinfectants,that were sodium hypochlorite and peracetic acid.