Field Evaluation of Whole Airliner Decontamination Technologies for Narrow-Body Aircraft

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• Creators:
  Gale, William F ; Gale, Hyacinth S ; Watson, Jean
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute ; Air Transportation Center of Excellence for Airliner Cabin Environment Research. Auburn University, AL
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Office of Aerospace Medicine
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Contaminants
  • Field studies
  • Hydrogen peroxide
  • Narrow body aircraft
  • Volatilization
  • Thermal Decontamination
  • Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Efficacy
  • Process control
  • Technology evaluation
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/AM-08/2
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Right Statement:
  Public Domain
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Abstract:
  The outcome of a field evaluation of AeroClave's thermal decontamination system is discussed. This exercise evaluated the system both as a stand-alone technology and as a means of delivering STERIS vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP®)*. The report is submitted in the context of a decontamination technology selection exercise and work conducted on the efficacy of thermal decontamination. The field evaluation, performed on a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 aircraft, determined that the stand-alone thermal decontamination system exhibited reasonable temperature and relative humidity control capabilities. Indeed, the system reproduced the environmental conditions needed to be efficacious as an antiviral process, based on an earlier study. The thermal decontamination system also provided an effective means of providing environmental preconditioning for the use of VHP and for aeration after VHP exposure. The field evaluation did leave a number of unanswered issues which are discussed in the report. Overall, the field evaluation of both the stand-alone thermal decontamination system and the VHP add-in can be described as successful. VHP is a registered trademark of the STERIS Corporation, Mentor, OH.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/58419/dot_58419_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 540.59 KB]
• Collection(s):
  FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c0d309b63cbeb63b40297bfdfb729ca813f716d0805a8ce33a9426983e43dded