ArticleInfection prevention in practice2021
The use of germicidal ultraviolet light, vaporised hydrogen peroxide and dry heat to decontaminate face masks and filtering respirators contaminated with an infectious norovirus.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Exploring the need for surgical face masks in operating room: a comprehensive literature review.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Review
- Indoor Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 Virus by Liquid Hyperoxygen.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Of masks and methylene blue-The use of methylene blue photochemical treatment to decontaminate surgical masks contaminated with a tenacious small nonenveloped norovirus.American journal of infection control · 2022Article
- Dry Heat as a Potential Decontamination Method on the Filtration Efficiency of Filtering Facepiece Respirators.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Principles and practice for SARS-CoV-2 decontamination of N95 masks with UV-C.Biophysical journal · 2021Review
- Indoor air quality improvement in COVID-19 pandemic: Review.Sustainable cities and society · 2021Article
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Abstract
In the context of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, reuse of surgical masks and filtering facepiece respirators has been recommended. Their reuse necessitates procedures to inactivate contaminating human respiratory and oral pathogens. We previously demonstrated decontamination of masks and respirators contaminated with an infectious SARS-CoV-2 surrogate via ultraviolet germicidal irradiation, vaporised hydrogen peroxide, and use of dry heat. Here, we show that these same methods efficiently inactivate a more resistant, non-enveloped oral virus; decontamination of infectious murine norovirus-contaminated masks and respirators reduced viral titres by over four orders of magnitude on mask or respirator coupons.
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