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Disinfection of aircraft: Appropriate disinfectants and standard operating procedures for highly infectious diseases

For infectious diseases caused by highly pathogenic agents (e. g., Ebola/Lassa fever virus, SARS-/MERS-CoV, pandemic influenza virus) which have the potential to spread over several continents within only a few days, international Health Protection Authorities have taken appropriate measures to limi...

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Autores principales: Klaus, Joachim, Gnirs, Peter, Hölterhoff, Sabine, Wirtz, Angela, Jeglitza, Matthias, Gaber, Walter, Gottschalk, Rene
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5122611/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27785522
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00103-016-2460-2
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author Klaus, Joachim
Gnirs, Peter
Hölterhoff, Sabine
Wirtz, Angela
Jeglitza, Matthias
Gaber, Walter
Gottschalk, Rene
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description For infectious diseases caused by highly pathogenic agents (e. g., Ebola/Lassa fever virus, SARS-/MERS-CoV, pandemic influenza virus) which have the potential to spread over several continents within only a few days, international Health Protection Authorities have taken appropriate measures to limit the consequences of a possible spread. A crucial point in this context is the disinfection of an aircraft that had a passenger on board who is suspected of being infected with one of the mentioned diseases. Although, basic advice on hygiene and sanitation on board an aircraft is given by the World Health Organization, these guidelines lack details on available and effective substances as well as standardized operating procedures (SOP). The purpose of this paper is to give guidance on the choice of substances that were tested by a laboratory of Lufthansa Technik and found compatible with aircraft components, as well as to describe procedures which ensure a safe and efficient disinfection of civil aircrafts. This guidance and the additional SOPs are made public and are available as mentioned in this paper.
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spelling pubmed-51226112016-12-09 Disinfection of aircraft: Appropriate disinfectants and standard operating procedures for highly infectious diseases Klaus, Joachim Gnirs, Peter Hölterhoff, Sabine Wirtz, Angela Jeglitza, Matthias Gaber, Walter Gottschalk, Rene Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz Originalien und Übersichten For infectious diseases caused by highly pathogenic agents (e. g., Ebola/Lassa fever virus, SARS-/MERS-CoV, pandemic influenza virus) which have the potential to spread over several continents within only a few days, international Health Protection Authorities have taken appropriate measures to limit the consequences of a possible spread. A crucial point in this context is the disinfection of an aircraft that had a passenger on board who is suspected of being infected with one of the mentioned diseases. Although, basic advice on hygiene and sanitation on board an aircraft is given by the World Health Organization, these guidelines lack details on available and effective substances as well as standardized operating procedures (SOP). The purpose of this paper is to give guidance on the choice of substances that were tested by a laboratory of Lufthansa Technik and found compatible with aircraft components, as well as to describe procedures which ensure a safe and efficient disinfection of civil aircrafts. This guidance and the additional SOPs are made public and are available as mentioned in this paper. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016-10-26 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5122611/ /pubmed/27785522 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00103-016-2460-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2016 Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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Wirtz, Angela
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Gaber, Walter
Gottschalk, Rene
Disinfection of aircraft: Appropriate disinfectants and standard operating procedures for highly infectious diseases
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title_short Disinfection of aircraft: Appropriate disinfectants and standard operating procedures for highly infectious diseases
title_sort disinfection of aircraft: appropriate disinfectants and standard operating procedures for highly infectious diseases
topic Originalien und Übersichten
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5122611/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27785522
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00103-016-2460-2
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