title: The Ebola disinfection booth: evaluation of an enclosed ultraviolet light booth for disinfection of contaminated personal protective equipment prior to removal.
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.
authors.affiliation: 1Geriatric Research,Education, and Clinical Center,Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center,Cleveland,Ohio.
authors.forename: Myreen E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Tomas
authors.affiliation: 2Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine,Cleveland,Ohio.
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Cadnum
authors.affiliation: 3Research Service,Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center,Cleveland,Ohio.
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jencson
authors.affiliation: 1Geriatric Research,Education, and Clinical Center,Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center,Cleveland,Ohio.
authors.forename: Curtis J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Donskey
mesh_terms: D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods*; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola; D006801:Humans; D017909:Levivirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000067393:Personal Protective Equipment / Q000382:microbiology*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays