Continuously Active Disinfectant Inactivates SARS-CoV-2 and Human Coronavirus 229E Two Days after the Disinfectant Was Applied and following Wear Exposures

William A. Rutala; Luisa A. Ikner; Curtis J. Donskey; David J. Weber; Charles P. Gerba

doi:10.1017/ice.2021.481

Continuously Active Disinfectant Inactivates SARS-CoV-2 and Human Coronavirus 229E Two Days after the Disinfectant Was Applied and following Wear Exposures

William A. Rutala, Luisa A. Ikner, Curtis J. Donskey, David J. Weber, Charles P. Gerba

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The surface environment in COVID-19 patient's rooms may be persistently contaminated despite disinfection. A continuously active disinfectant demonstrated excellent sustained antiviral activity following a 48-hour period of wear and abrasion exposures with reinoculations. Reductions of >4-log10 were achieved within a 1-minute contact time for SARS-CoV-2 and the human coronavirus, 229E.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.481
State	Accepted/In press - 2021

Keywords

Persistent
SARS
coronavirus
disinfectants
germicides
sustained

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Epidemiology
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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Continuously Active Disinfectant Inactivates SARS-CoV-2 and Human Coronavirus 229E Two Days after the Disinfectant Was Applied and following Wear Exposures. / Rutala, William A.; Ikner, Luisa A.; Donskey, Curtis J.; Weber, David J.; Gerba, Charles P.

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