Operational Testing of Floor Cleaning Cloths for Household Remediation Following a Large-Scale Biological Contamination Incident

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Homeland Security Research Center. 06/2017 This 45-page study evaluated the Swiffer ® Sweeper® floor mop system as a low-tech method to clean indoor residential floors contaminated with B. anthracis spores, the causative agent of anthrax. Two types of flooring surfaces, vinyl and laminate, were contaminated with B. atrophaeus spores, used as a surrogate for B. anthracis spores. T hree replicate tests were performed on a total of six test combinations consisting of the dry sweeping, wet mopping, and dry sweeping followed by wet mopping of vinyl and laminate flooring. (PDF)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - August 2, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news