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Effectiveness of germicidal ultraviolet light to inactivate coronaviruses on personal protective equipment to reduce nosocomial transmission

OBJECTIVE: To circumvent the need for rationing personal protective equipment (PPE), we explored whether germicidal ultraviolet light (GUV) could be used to inactivate human coronaviruses on PPE, enabling safe reuse. DESIGN: We performed a laboratory study to assess the ability of 2 commercially ava...

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Autores principales: Camargo, Carolina, Lupien, Andréanne, McIntosh, Fiona, Menzies, Dick, Behr, Marcel A., Sagan, Selena M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9272544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34154679
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.249