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    • Tool for Evaluation of Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide Disinfection of N95 Masks in Rooms

    Metadata Updated: July 29, 2022

    The SARS-CoV-2 virus has put a strain on the supply and distribution of N95 masks, with some hospitals electing to reuse masks after disinfection. Currently, vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP) mask disinfection systems are being deployed at multiple locations throughout the United States, for example in shipping containers and in small rooms. Such enclosures will be of a different size, have different surface materials and have varying air change rates; all these parameters will impact the VHP dose that the masks receive. This spreadsheet tool can be used to estimate the VHP concentration in air of such a room. The tool employs a single-zone mass balance analysis that accounts for room size, VHP losses to surfaces and air change rate. This tool is intended to support VHP disinfection efforts by providing estimates of VHP concentrations in the room being employed, but it does not describe or provide guidance on VHP disinfection applications.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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    https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.2091

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date March 11, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date July 29, 2022
    Data Update Frequency irregular

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NIST

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date March 11, 2021
    Metadata Updated Date July 29, 2022
    Publisher National Institute of Standards and Technology
    Maintainer
    Identifier ark:/88434/mds2-2205
    Data First Published 2020-04-16
    Language en
    Data Last Modified 2020-04-08 00:00:00
    Category Environment:Air / water / soil quality
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency irregular
    Bureau Code 006:55
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    Harvest Source Id 74e175d9-66b3-4323-ac98-e2a90eeb93c0
    Harvest Source Title NIST
    Homepage URL https://data.nist.gov/od/id/mds2-2205
    License https://www.nist.gov/open/license
    Program Code 006:045
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.2091
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash da94d3558c9fa384a8cfe17f8e98de24dc8a5824
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