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. 2020 Dec 3;49(6):825–835. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.11.022

Table 1.

Methods of disinfection/sterilization methods analyzed accordingly the included studies. Brazil, 2020

Cleaning/disinfection/sterilization methods Viscusi et al. (2007)7 Vo et al. (2009)14 Viscusi et al. (2009)19 Bergman et al. (2010)16 Salter et al (2010)15 Fisher et al.,, 2010 24 Fisher et al. (2011)17 Viscusi et al. (2011)18 Heimbuch et al. (2011)5 Lore et al. (2012)8 Heimbuch et al. (2014)9 Lin et al. (2017)10 Mills et al. (2018)11 Lin et al. (2018)12 Kumar et al. (2020)13 Battelle et al. 2020)4 Alijabo et al. (2020)25 Andereg et al. (2020)26 Bopp et al. (2020)23 Cadnum et al. (2020)27 Celina et al. (2020)28 Czubryt et al. (2020)29 Daeschler et al. (2020)31 Grinshpun et al. (2020)31 Harskamp et al. (2020)20 Ibez-Cervantes, 2020)32 Jatta et al. (2020)33 Kim et al. (2020)34 Lieu et al. (2020)35 Lin et al. (2020)36 Ludwig et al. (2020)37 Ma et al. (2020)38 Oh et al. (2020)39 Ozog et al. (2020)40 Pascoe et al. (2020)41 Purschke et al. (2020)42 Widmer et al. (2020)43 Xiang et al. (2020)21 Zhao et al. (2020)23 Zulauf et al. (2020)44 Total
UV-C/A X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 16
VHP X X X X X X X X X X X 11
Steam sterilization (Autoclave 121°C) X X X X X X X X X X X 11
Sodium hypochlorite X X X X X X X X 8
Microwave-generated steam X X X X X X X X 8
70% Ethanol/70% Isopropyl/100% Isopropyl X X X X X X 6
Moist heat X X X X X X 6
Dry heat X X X X X 5
EtO X X X X X 5
HPGP X X X 3
Liquid hydrogen peroxide X X X

3
Electric cooker X X X 3
Microwave X X 2
DMDO X 1
Pasteurization X 1
Soap and water X 1
Antiseptic wipes X 1
Peracetic acid dry fogging system X
1
High-level disinfection cabinet (Altapure, Mequon: peracetic acid, hydrogen peroxide, acetic acid) X 1
1% Pine-Sol and 1% benzalkonium chloride in Ethanol 70% X 1
Gamma Irradiation X 1

HP = vaporized hydrogen peroxide; HPGP = hydrogen peroxide gas plasma.