Survival and disinfection of an enveloped surrogate virus on Tyvek suits used for health care personal protective equipment

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1734-1735

  Brown, Travis W ^a   Chen, Weiyu ^a   Casanova, Lisa M ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bacteriophage; disinfection; personal protective equipment; Virus

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; HYPOCHLORITE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; TYVEK;

ARTICLE; DILUTION; DISINFECTION; ENVELOPED VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; NONHUMAN; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PSEUDOMONAS PHAGE PHI6; TYVEK SUIT; VIRUS; VIRUS INACTIVATION; VIRUS SURVIVAL; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TIME FACTOR; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

BACTERIOPHAGES; DISINFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; POLYMERS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS INACTIVATION;

EID: 84994545694     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.04.247     Document Type: Article

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