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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2023

Laboratory Evaluation of a Quaternary Ammonium Compound-Based Antimicrobial Coating Used in Public Transport during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Paz Aranega-Bou, Natalie Brown, Abigail Stigling, Wilhemina D'Costa, Neville Q Verlander, Thomas Pottage, Allan Bennett, Ginny Moore

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Paz Aranega-BouBiosafety, Air and Water Microbiology Group, United Kingdom Health Security Agency, Salisbury, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-7415-6698
Natalie BrownBiosafety, Air and Water Microbiology Group, United Kingdom Health Security Agency, Salisbury, United Kingdom.
Abigail StiglingBiosafety, Air and Water Microbiology Group, United Kingdom Health Security Agency, Salisbury, United Kingdom.
Wilhemina D'CostaBiosafety, Air and Water Microbiology Group, United Kingdom Health Security Agency, Salisbury, United Kingdom.
Neville Q VerlanderStatistics, Modelling and Economics Department, United Kingdom Health Security Agency, United Kingdom.
Thomas PottageBiosafety, Air and Water Microbiology Group, United Kingdom Health Security Agency, Salisbury, United Kingdom.
Allan BennettBiosafety, Air and Water Microbiology Group, United Kingdom Health Security Agency, Salisbury, United Kingdom.
Ginny MooreBiosafety, Air and Water Microbiology Group, United Kingdom Health Security Agency, Salisbury, United Kingdom.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The virucidal activity of the Zoono Z71 Microbe Shield surface sanitizer and protectant, a quaternary ammonium compound (QAC)-based antimicrobial coating that was used by the United Kingdom rail industry during the COVID-19 pandemic, was evaluated, using the bacteriophage ɸ6 as a surrogate for SARS-CoV-2. Immediately after application and in the absence of interfering substances, the product effectively reduced (>3 log

Indexed as

Anti-Infective AgentsCOVID-19HumansPandemicsQuaternary Ammonium CompoundsSARS-CoV-2Anti-Infective AgentsQuaternary Ammonium Compoundsantimicrobial coatingCOVID-19public transportɸ6QACSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID36856438
PMCPMC10057021
OpenAlexW4322719346

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