Humidity and Deposition Solution Play a Critical Role in Virus Inactivation by Heat Treatment of N95 Respirators

Humidity and Deposition Solution Play a Critical Role in Virus Inactivation by Heat Treatment of N95 Respirators

ABSTRACT Supply shortages of N95 respirators during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have motivated institutions to develop feasible and effective N95 respirator reuse strategies. In particular, heat decontamination is a treatment method that scales well and can be implemented in set...

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Main Authors: Nicole Rockey, Peter J. Arts, Lucinda Li, Katherine R. Harrison, Kathryn Langenfeld, William J. Fitzsimmons, Adam S. Lauring, Nancy G. Love, Keith S. Kaye, Lutgarde Raskin, William W. Roberts, Bridget Hegarty, Krista R. Wigginton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-10-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
N95
bacteriophages
coronavirus
decontamination
droplet
fomite
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00588-20

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00588-20

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