Journal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL
Volume 44, Issue 12, Pages 1734-1735Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.04.247
Keywords
Virus; disinfection; personal protective equipment; bacteriophage
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- Georgia State University
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The survival and disinfection of bacteriophage phi 6, an enveloped surrogate virus, was evaluated on Tyvek suits used as health care personal protective equipment. After 6 hours there was 2-log(10) inactivation of virus on Tyvek suits at both 40% and 60% relative humidity. Both hypochlorite and quaternary ammonium produced a >3.21 - and >4.33-log(10) reduction of the virus, respectively, after 1-minute contact time. Enveloped viruses can survive on Tyvek suits beyond the length of a single patient care encounter, but they can be inactivated by chemical disinfectants. (C) 2016 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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