Stability of volatile organic compounds in sorbent tubes following SARS-CoV-2 inactivation procedures
COVID-19 is a highly transmissible respiratory illness that has rapidly spread all over the world
causing more than 115 million cases and 2.5 million deaths. Most epidemiological projections
estimate that the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus causing the
infection will circulate in the next few years and raise enormous economic and social issues.
COVID-19 has a dramatic impact on health care systems and patient management, and is delaying or
stopping breath research activities due to the risk of infection to the operators following contact
with patients, potentially infected samples or contaminated equipment. In this scenario, we
investigated whether virus inactivation procedures, based on a thermal treatment (60 °C for 1 h) or
storage of tubes at room temperature for 72 h, could be used to allow the routine breath analysis
workflow to carry on with an optimal level of safety during the pandemic. Tests were carried out
using dry and humid gaseous ...
Source: Journal of Breath Research - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Tommaso Lomonaco, Pietro Salvo, Silvia Ghimenti, Denise Biagini, Federico Vivaldi, Andrea Bonini, Roger Fuoco and Fabio Di Francesco Source Type: research
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