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

Overview

Journal Clin Infect Dis

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2019 Sep 14

PMID 31517980

Citations 4

Authors

Gwen L Robinson

Stephanie Hitchcock

Zegbeh Kpadeh-Rogers

Nicole Karikari

J Kristie Johnson

Natalia Blanco

Daniel J Morgan

Anthony D Harris

Surbhi Leekha

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Abstract

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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