Disinfection of N95 respirators by ionized hydrogen peroxide during pandemic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to SARS-CoV-2

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Infection Control Team, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong West Cluster, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
² Infection Control Team, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong West Cluster, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
³ Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Kowloon West Cluster, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
⁵ Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. Electronic address: kyyuen@hku.hk.

V C C Cheng et al. J Hosp Infect. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;105(2):358-359.

doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.04.003. Epub 2020 Apr 8.

¹ Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Infection Control Team, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong West Cluster, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
² Infection Control Team, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong West Cluster, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
³ Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Kowloon West Cluster, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
⁵ Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. Electronic address: kyyuen@hku.hk.

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Safety Considerations in the Laboratory Testing of Specimens Suspected or Known to Contain the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
Iwen PC, Stiles KL, Pentella MA. Iwen PC, et al. Am J Clin Pathol. 2020 Apr 15;153(5):567-570. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/aqaa047. Am J Clin Pathol. 2020. PMID: 32190890 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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