Addressing personal protective equipment (PPE) decontamination: Methylene blue and light inactivates severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on N95 respirators and medical masks with maintenance of integrity and fit.
Thomas Sean LendvayJames ChenBrian H HarcourtFlorine E M ScholteYing Ling LinF Selcen Kilinc-BalciMolly M LambKamonthip HomdayjanakulYi CuiAmy I PriceBelinda HeyneJaya SahniKareem B KabraYi-Chan LinDavid Hugh EvansChristopher N MoresKen PageLarry F ChuEric HaubrugeEtienne ThiryLouisa F Ludwig-BegallConstance WielickTanner ClarkThor A WagnerEmily C TimmThomas GallagherPeter D FarisNicolas MaciaCyrus J MackieSarah M SimmonsSusan ReaderRebecca MalottKaren HopeJan M DaviesSarah R TritschLorène DamsHans NauwynckJean-Francois WillaertSimon De JaegerLei LiaoMervin ZhaoJan LaperreOlivier JoloisSarah J SmitAlpa N PatelMark MayoRod ParkerVanessa Molloy-SimardJean-Luc LemyreSteven ChuJohn M ConlyMay C ChuPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2021)
MBL treatment decontaminated respirators and masks by inactivating 3 tested coronaviruses without compromising integrity through 5 cycles of decontamination. MBL decontamination is effective, is low cost, and does not require specialized equipment, making it applicable in low- to high-resource settings.