Journal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL
Volume 48, Issue 8, Pages 951-954Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.06.002
Keywords
Clostridioides difficile; Wheelchairs; Viruses; Surfaces
Funding
- Clorox
- Department of Veterans Affairs [1 I01 BX002944-01A1]
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In the setting of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, efficient methods are needed to decontaminate shared portable devices and large open areas such as waiting rooms. We found that wheelchairs, portable equipment, and waiting room chairs were frequently contaminated with potential pathogens. After minimal manual precleaning of areas with visible soiling, application of a dilute sodium hypochlorite disinfectant using an electrostatic sprayer provided rapid and effective decontamination and eliminated the benign virus bacteriophage MS2 from inoculated surfaces.
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