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

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Title

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

Description

We conducted a laboratory simulation to evaluate the contamination of environmental surfaces when using wipe vs spray methods of personal protective equipment (PPE) decontamination.

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Robinson, Gwen L., Stephanie Hitchcock, Zegbeh Kpadeh-Rogers, Nicole Karikari, J. Kristie Johnson, Natalia Blanco, Daniel J. Morgan, Anthony D. Harris, and Surbhi Leekha.

Date

2019-10-01

Citation

Robinson, Gwen L., Stephanie Hitchcock, Zegbeh Kpadeh-Rogers, Nicole Karikari, J. Kristie Johnson, Natalia Blanco, Daniel J. Morgan, Anthony D. Harris, and Surbhi Leekha. 2019. "Preventing Viral Contamination: Effects of Wipe and Spray-based Decontamination of Gloves and Gowns." Clinical Infectious Diseases 69 (Supplement_3):S228-S30.

Abstract

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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