The Ebola disinfection booth: Evaluation of an enclosed ultraviolet light booth for disinfection of contaminated personal protective equipment prior to removal

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1126-1128

  Tomas, Myreen E ^a   Cadnum, Jennifer L ^b   Jencson, Annette ^a   Donskey, Curtis J ^a,b  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION SYSTEM; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE MS2; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACE MASK; GLOVE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; REDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; UV C DISINFECTION BOOTH; DISINFECTION; EVALUATION STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEVIVIRUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; LEVIVIRUS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84958523690     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.166     Document Type: Article

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