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. 2016 Dec 1;44(12):1687-1688.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.05.034. Epub 2016 Aug 26.

Decontamination of a field laboratory dedicated to Ebola virus-infected patients

Tiphaine Gaillard  1 , Déborah Delaune  2 , Olivier Flusin  3 , Jean-Charles Paucod  3 , Stéphane Richard  3 , Laetitia Boubis  3 , Yan Honeywood  4 , Frédéric Janvier  4 , Vincent Foissaud  5 , François Thibault  3 , Eric Valade  3 , Audrey Mérens  2
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Decontamination of a field laboratory dedicated to Ebola virus-infected patients

Tiphaine Gaillard et al. Am J Infect Control. .

Abstract

In 2015, the French Armed Forces deployed a biosafety level 3 (BSL3) field laboratory as a part of an Ebola treatment center in Guinea. When closing the center, laboratory decontamination operations were necessary. We present the decontamination protocols applied for the BSL3 field laboratory, making the entire module ready for a future use.

Keywords: BSL3; Ebola virus; decontamination; field laboratory; hydrogen peroxide; peracetic acid.

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