Disinfecting personal protective equipment with pulsed xenon ultraviolet as a risk mitigation strategy for health care workers

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 412-414

  Jinadatha, Chetan ^a,b   Simmons, Sarah ^c   Dale, Charles ^c   Ganachari Mallappa, Nagaraja ^a   Villamaria, Frank Charles ^a   Goulding, Nicole ^d   Tanner, Benjamin ^d   Stachowiak, Julie ^c   Stibich, Mark ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Xenex Disinfection Services   (United States)

^d Antimicrobial Test Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Doffing process; Ebola; Environmental disinfection; Outbreak control; Personal protective equipment; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

GLASS; XENON;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; DISINFECTION SYSTEM; EBOLAVIRUS; FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA VIRUS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFECTION RATE; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATHOGEN LOAD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PULSED XENON ULTRAVIOLET GERMICIDAL DEVICE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIRUS LOAD; ADENOVIRIDAE; GOVERNMENT; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMAN; NOROVIRUS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; ROTAVIRUS; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DISINFECTION; EBOLAVIRUS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; POLIOVIRUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; ROTAVIRUS; STERILIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; XENON;

EID: 84933279718     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.01.013     Document Type: Article

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