Preventing Viral Contamination: Effects of Wipe and Spray-based Decontamination of Gloves and Gowns

We conducted a laboratory simulation to evaluate the contamination of environmental surfaces when using wipe vs spray methods of personal protective equipment (PPE) decontamination. We did not observe any environmental contamination with the bacteriophage MS-2 when bleach solution spray or wipes wer...

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Autores principales: Robinson, Gwen L, Hitchcock, Stephanie, Kpadeh-Rogers, Zegbeh, Karikari, Nicole, Johnson, J Kristie, Blanco, Natalia, Morgan, Daniel J, Harris, Anthony D, Leekha, Surbhi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6761363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31517980
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz622
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Sumario:We conducted a laboratory simulation to evaluate the contamination of environmental surfaces when using wipe vs spray methods of personal protective equipment (PPE) decontamination. We did not observe any environmental contamination with the bacteriophage MS-2 when bleach solution spray or wipes were used for PPE disinfection.

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