Development of a test system to apply virus-containing particles to filtering facepiece respirators for the evaluation of decontamination procedures

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1500-1507

  Fisher, Edward ^a   Rengasamy, Samy ^b   Viscusi, Dennis ^b   Vo, Evanly ^b   Shaffer, Ronald ^b  

^a EGandG Technical Services Inc   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO AEROSOLS; COLIPHAGE; CONCENTRATION OF; DETECTION LIMITS; FILTERING FACEPIECE; LOG REDUCTIONS; ORGANIC MATTERS; PATHOGENIC VIRUS; PERMEABLE MATERIALS; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITES; STEAM TREATMENTS; TEST SYSTEMS; VIRAL LOADS;

AIR FILTERS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DECONTAMINATION; DISINFECTION; EXPERIMENTS; HYDROMETALLURGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SODIUM; STEAM; VIRUSES;

RESPIRATORS;

AEROSOL; AIR PERMEABILITY; BIOASSAY; DETECTION METHOD; DETOXIFICATION; DISINFECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTRATION; ORGANIC MATTER; SODIUM; TESTING METHOD; VIRUS;

AEROSOLS; DECONTAMINATION; DISINFECTANTS; HOT TEMPERATURE; LEVIVIRUS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 62149092888     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01653-08     Document Type: Article

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