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The Ebola Disinfection Booth: Evaluation of an Enclosed Ultraviolet Light Booth for Disinfection of Contaminated Personal Protective Equipment Prior to Removal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 July 2015

Myreen E. Tomas ,
Jennifer L. Cadnum ,
Annette Jencson  and
Curtis J. Donskey
Myreen E. Tomas
Affiliation:
Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Jennifer L. Cadnum
Affiliation:
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
Annette Jencson
Affiliation:
Research Service, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Curtis J. Donskey*
Affiliation:
Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
*
Address correspondence to Curtis J. Donskey, MD, Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (1110 W), Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10701 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 (curtisd123@yahoo.com).
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Abstract

A portable booth designed to disinfect full-body coverage protective equipment before removal using ultraviolet-C radiation resulted in at least 3 log reductions in bacteriophage MS2 and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus within 3 minutes. The booth could be useful for disinfection of contaminated protective equipment before removal during care of Ebola patients.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015;36(10):1226–1228

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Concise Communications
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Issue 10 , October 2015 , pp. 1226 - 1228
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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