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The Ebola disinfection booth: evaluation of an enclosed ultraviolet light booth for disinfection of contaminated personal protective equipment prior to removal.
Tomas, Myreen E; Cadnum, Jennifer L; Jencson, Annette; Donskey, Curtis J.
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  • Tomas ME; 1Geriatric Research,Education, and Clinical Center,Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center,Cleveland,Ohio.
  • Cadnum JL; 2Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine,Cleveland,Ohio.
  • Jencson A; 3Research Service,Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center,Cleveland,Ohio.
  • Donskey CJ; 1Geriatric Research,Education, and Clinical Center,Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center,Cleveland,Ohio.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol ; 36(10): 1226-8, 2015 Oct.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26190268
A portable booth designed to disinfect full-body coverage protective equipment before removal using ultraviolet-C radiation resulted in at least 3 log reductions in bacteriophage MS2 and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus within 3 minutes. The booth could be useful for disinfection of contaminated protective equipment before removal during care of Ebola patients.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Ultraviolet Rays / Disinfection / Equipment Contamination / Levivirus / Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Personal Protective Equipment Type of study: Evaluation_studies Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS / ENFERMAGEM / EPIDEMIOLOGIA / HOSPITAIS Year: 2015 Document type: Article Country of publication: United States
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Ultraviolet Rays / Disinfection / Equipment Contamination / Levivirus / Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Personal Protective Equipment Type of study: Evaluation_studies Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS / ENFERMAGEM / EPIDEMIOLOGIA / HOSPITAIS Year: 2015 Document type: Article Country of publication: United States