Effectiveness of three decontamination treatments against influenza virus applied to filtering facepiece respirators

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 92-101

  Lore, Michael B ^a   Heimbuch, Brian K ^b   Brown, Teanne L ^a   Wander, Joseph D ^c   Hinrichs, Steven H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

bioaerosol; decontamination; healthcare workers; influenza virus; N95 respirator; respirator reuse

Indexed keywords

BIOAEROSOLS; BIOCIDAL; FILTER PERFORMANCE; FILTERING FACEPIECE; FILTERING FUNCTIONS; FILTRATION PERFORMANCE; HEALTHCARE WORKERS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MOLECULAR AMPLIFICATION; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS; QUANTITATIVE REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SETTLING CHAMBERS; ULTRAVIOLET GERMICIDAL IRRADIATIONS; VIRAL RNA;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DECONTAMINATION; DROPS; HEALTH CARE; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TISSUE; TISSUE CULTURE; VIRUSES;

RESPIRATORS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; FILTRATION; GAS MASK; HEAT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RECYCLING; STANDARD; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER VAPOR;

DECONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FILTRATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MICROWAVES; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; STEAM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84856266210     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mer054     Document Type: Article

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