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Comment
. 2021 Jul;42(7):901-903.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.1423. Epub 2021 Jan 13.

Characterization of handheld disinfectant sprayers for effective surface decontamination to mitigate severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission

Seong Chan Kim #  1 , Dong-Bin Kwak #  1 , Thomas Kuehn  1 , David Y H Pui  1   2
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Comment

Characterization of handheld disinfectant sprayers for effective surface decontamination to mitigate severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission

Seong Chan Kim et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Jul.
No abstract available

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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
Deposition profiles and fluorescent microscopic images of disinfectant droplets collected on a classroom desk with various sprayer types and spray directions: front (from top of the figure) and side (from right of the figure). The droplet depositions were sampled at 15 locations and the microscopic images that show the highest (1), medium (2), and lowest (3) depositions from each case are shown on the right. (a) Trigger sprayer (front), (b) Trigger sprayer (side), (c) electrostatic sprayer with charge on (front), (d) Electrostatic sprayer with charge on (side), (e) electrostatic sprayer with charge off (front), and (f) Electrostatic sprayer with charge off (side). The contour color bar represents local disinfectant coverage.
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Comment on

  • Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1.
    van Doremalen N, Bushmaker T, Morris DH, Holbrook MG, Gamble A, Williamson BN, Tamin A, Harcourt JL, Thornburg NJ, Gerber SI, Lloyd-Smith JO, de Wit E, Munster VJ. van Doremalen N, et al. N Engl J Med. 2020 Apr 16;382(16):1564-1567. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2004973. Epub 2020 Mar 17. N Engl J Med. 2020. PMID: 32182409 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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