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Effectiveness of Household Disinfection Techniques to Remove SARS-Cov-2 from Cloth Masks

Version 1 : Received: 21 July 2022 / Approved: 25 July 2022 / Online: 25 July 2022 (05:26:08 CEST)

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Mares-Guia, M.A.M.M.; Paiva, A.A.P.; Mello, V.M.; Eller, C.M.; Salvio, A.L.; Nascimento, F.F.; Silva, E.S.R.F.; Campos, V.T.M.G.; da Silva Mendes, Y.; Lemos, E.R.S.; Sousa, I.P., Jr.; Horta, M.A.P. Effectiveness of Household Disinfection Techniques to Remove SARS-CoV-2 from Cloth Masks. Pathogens 2022, 11, 916. Mares-Guia, M.A.M.M.; Paiva, A.A.P.; Mello, V.M.; Eller, C.M.; Salvio, A.L.; Nascimento, F.F.; Silva, E.S.R.F.; Campos, V.T.M.G.; da Silva Mendes, Y.; Lemos, E.R.S.; Sousa, I.P., Jr.; Horta, M.A.P. Effectiveness of Household Disinfection Techniques to Remove SARS-CoV-2 from Cloth Masks. Pathogens 2022, 11, 916.

Abstract

To assess the efficacy of washing cloth masks, we simulated SARS-CoV-2 contamination in tricoline fabric and tested decontaminants to reduce viral particles. Viral suspensions using two variants (B.1.1.28 and P.1) were inoculated in these fabrics, and the inactivation kinetics were evaluated after washing with various household disinfection products (Soap powder, Lysoform®, Hypochlorite sodium and 70% Alcohol), rinse numbers, and exposure times. Afterward, the fabrics were washed in sterile water, viral RNA extracted and amplified using RT-qPCR. Finally, viral replication in cell cultures was examined. Our findings show that all biocidal treatments successfully disinfected the tissue tested. Some products showed less reduction in viral loads, Soap powder (1.60 x 104, 1.04 x 103), Soap powder and Lysoform® (1.60 x 104, 1.04 x 103) and Alcohol 70% (1.02 x 103, 5.91 x 101) respectively. However, when sodium hypochlorite was used, this reduction was significantly increased (viral inactivation in 100% of the washes). After the first wash, the reduction of viral particles was greater for the P.1 variant than for the B.1.1.28 variant (W = 51759, p 0.05). In conclusion the sodium hypochlorite role on cloth masks disinfection may also have implications for future health emergencies as well as recommended by WHO.

Keywords

SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; reuse fabric masks; disinfection

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Virology

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