Antimicrobial Efficiency of Iodinated Individual Protection Filters

Abstract

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has a broad interest in oxidizing agent and photo activated oxidizing agents that when applied to textiles and other materials will act as broad spectrum antimicrobials. For this project poly(styrene-trimethylammonium triiodide) was incorporated into filtration devices to augment filtration. The overall goal of the project is to replace existing high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) media with the antimicrobial membrane for both individual protection and collective protection devices. In this report we investigate the antimicrobial efficacy of an iodinated clip-on prototype and a commercial-off-the-shelf carbon HEPA aerosol canister (COTS). Our data indicate that the clip-on, in conjunction with a COTS canister, provide an additional two logs of protection versus a standard COTS canister when challenged with MS2 coliphage.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 17, 2004
Accession Number
ADA449467

Entities

People

  • B. K. Heimbuch
  • E. Burr
  • E. Proudfoot
  • G. Laventure
  • J. Wander
  • R. Mcdonald

Organizations

  • Applied Research Associates (United States)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Bacteria
  • Canisters
  • Coliphages
  • Efficiency
  • Filters
  • Filtration
  • Prototypes
  • Standards
  • United States
  • Viruses
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Materials Science
  • Microbial Pathology