Decontamination of a field laboratory dedicated to Ebola virus-infected patients

Tiphaine Gaillard; Déborah Delaune; Olivier Flusin; Jean-Charles Paucod; Stéphane Richard; Laetitia Boubis; Yan Honeywood; Frédéric Janvier; Vincent Foissaud; François Thibault; Eric Valade; Audrey Mérens

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2016.05.034

Decontamination of a field laboratory dedicated to Ebola virus-infected patients

Am J Infect Control. 2016 Dec 1;44(12):1687-1688. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.05.034. Epub 2016 Aug 26.

Affiliations

¹ Microbiology Laboratory, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Sainte Anne, Toulon, France. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Microbiology Laboratory, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Bégin, Saint Mandé, France.
³ IRBA, Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, Brétigny sur Orge, France.
⁴ Microbiology Laboratory, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Sainte Anne, Toulon, France.
⁵ Microbiology Laboratory, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Percy, Clamart, France.

PMID: 27575772
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.05.034

Abstract

In 2015, the French Armed Forces deployed a biosafety level 3 (BSL3) field laboratory as a part of an Ebola treatment center in Guinea. When closing the center, laboratory decontamination operations were necessary. We present the decontamination protocols applied for the BSL3 field laboratory, making the entire module ready for a future use.

Keywords: BSL3; Ebola virus; decontamination; field laboratory; hydrogen peroxide; peracetic acid.

MeSH terms

Decontamination / methods*
Durable Medical Equipment*
France
Guinea
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / diagnosis*
Humans
Laboratories*
Military Facilities