Microwave-Generated Steam Decontamination of N95 Respirators Utilizing Universally Accessible Materials.
Betacoronavirus
/ physiology
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections
/ prevention & control
Decontamination
/ instrumentation
Disease Transmission, Infectious
/ prevention & control
Disinfection
/ instrumentation
Equipment Reuse
/ standards
Filtration
Humans
Masks
Microwaves
Pandemics
/ prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral
/ prevention & control
Reproducibility of Results
SARS-CoV-2
Steam
Sterilization
United States
COVID-19
MS2 phage
N95
SARS-CoV-2
disinfection
respirator
reuse
sterilization
Journal
mBio
ISSN: 2150-7511
Titre abrégé: mBio
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101519231
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
25 06 2020
25 06 2020
Historique:
entrez:
27
6
2020
pubmed:
27
6
2020
medline:
8
7
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has caused a severe, international shortage of N95 respirators, which are essential to protect health care providers from infection. Given the contemporary limitations of the supply chain, it is imperative to identify effective means of decontaminating, reusing, and thereby conserving N95 respirator stockpiles. To be effective, decontamination must result in sterilization of the N95 respirator without impairment of respirator filtration or user fit. Although numerous methods of N95 decontamination exist, none are universally accessible. In this work, we describe a microwave-generated steam decontamination protocol for N95 respirators for use in health care systems of all sizes, geographies, and means. Using widely available glass containers, mesh from commercial produce bags, a rubber band, and a 1,100-W commercially available microwave, we constructed an effective, standardized, and reproducible means of decontaminating N95 respirators. Employing this methodology against MS2 phage, a highly conservative surrogate for SARS-CoV-2 contamination, we report an average 6-log
Identifiants
pubmed: 32587063
pii: mBio.00997-20
doi: 10.1128/mBio.00997-20
pmc: PMC7317796
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Steam
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Subventions
Organisme : NIAID NIH HHS
ID : T32 AI007061
Pays : United States
Commentaires et corrections
Type : UpdateOf
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 Zulauf et al.
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