Herpes simplex virus and CPR training manikins: Reducing the risk of cross-infection

✍ Scribed by Al D Hudson

• Book ID: 104312826
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1984
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 275 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1097-6760
• DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0644(84)80334-0

✦ Synopsis

Two disinfecting solutions for removing herpes simplex virus (HSV) from CPR training manikin face skin were investigated. Both 70% ethanol and 70% ethanol plus 0.5% chlorhexidine solutions were effective in reducing recoverable virus at both 10(5) and 10(7) particles per milliliter inoculum concentrations (P less than .01 and P less than .005 versus no decontamination, respectively). The survival characteristics of HSV on manikin skin also were explored, demonstrating greater than four hours of viability.