Effectiveness of common healthcare disinfectants against H1N1 influenza virus on reusable elastomeric respirators

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 894-897

  Subhash, Shobha S ^a   Cavaiuolo, Maria ^b   Radonovich, Lewis J ^a,c   Eagan, Aaron ^a   Lee, Martin L ^d   Campbell, Sheldon ^b,e   Martinello, Richard A ^e,f  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; DETERGENT; DISINFECTANT AGENT; ELASTOMER; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYGIENE PRODUCT; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VENTILATOR; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; EVALUATION STUDY; GAS MASK; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RECYCLING; STANDARDS;

DISINFECTANTS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 84902962477     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/676863     Document Type: Article

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