Virucidal Efficacy of Soap and Water against Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Genital Secretions

Li, Jonathan Z.; Mack, Elizabeth C.; Levy, Jay A.

doi:10.1128/aac.48.2.691.2004

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“…However, earlier studies showed that soap and water can contribute to a threefold drop in HIV infectivity and reduce the number of mononuclear cells in seminal fluid to 87%. 8 Later studies confirmed that poor hygiene of the penis raises the risk of HIV infection and the authors of the studies postulate making good penile hygiene a desirable social norm. 9 However, hygiene requires some effort while AMC does not.…”

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Letter to the Editor: Is Adult Male Circumcision a Viable Public Health Strategy for HIV Prevention Outside Sub-Saharan Africa?

Rogowska-Szadkowska

2010

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

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Letter to the Editor: Is Adult Male Circumcision a Viable Public Health Strategy for HIV Prevention Outside Sub-Saharan Africa?

Rogowska-Szadkowska

2010

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

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“…Others have shown a 1000-fold decrease in HIV-1 viral infectivity using bar soap and water at 1 g/1000 mL in soaks of two and six minutes. 15 Comparisons of soak only and soak and wash procedures did not yield expected results. We thought that wash procedures would produce greater reductions of organism counts in detergent and water test cells.…”

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Efficacy of a dish detergent in reducing populations of STI organisms in inoculated female condoms

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We assessed the efficacy of dish detergent in removing Neisseria gonorrhoeae, HIV-1, herpes simplex virus type 2 and Chlamydia trachomatis organisms from the surface of inoculated female condoms. The reductions achieved in organism counts with dish detergent were compared with those for household bleach and water. New (out-of-package) and pre-washed/re-lubricated female condoms were used. Dish detergent was as efficacious as bleach in reducing organism counts from the surface of inoculated female condoms. Both bleach and dish detergent performed better than water, although >3 log(10) reductions were achieved with water alone. There was little difference in organism reduction between new and pre-washed condoms. Furthermore, 30 seconds of mechanical agitation (washing) had minimal added impact on organism removal. Reduction in organism counts with water alone suggests that dilution effect may have been as important in organism removal as the microbicidal properties of the detergent.

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“…Soap is a highly efficient way of inactivating the virus as its surfactant activity destroys the integrity of the lipid capsid that envelopes the virus particle rendering the virion dysfunctional. 9,10 The virus forms bonds with skin that are easily broken by soap surfactant activity. Water alone is not effective.…”

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Guidelines for Frontline Health Care Staff Safety for COVID-19

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J Prim Care Community Health

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This document establishes safety guidelines for physicians, nurses, and allied health care and facility staff who may be exposed to patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in a health care facility. SARS-CoV-2 infection is highly contagious and places health care workers at risk for infection resulting in coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Physicians, nurses, and allied health care and facility staff in all frontline environments must be provided and utilize necessary personal protective equipment (PPE). It is important that health care staff adopt a universal set of guidelines in which to conduct themselves in order to minimize infection with the SARS-CoV-2 contagion. The establishment of these guidelines is necessary in this viral pandemic since such directives can create a standard of safety that is universally accepted. These guidelines establish a framework to provide consistency among health care facilities and staff from the time the staff member arrives at the health care facility until they return home. These guidelines provide a practical description of the minimum necessary protection for physicians, nurses, and allied health care and facility staff against SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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Virucidal Efficacy of Soap and Water against Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Genital Secretions

Cited by 4 publications

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Letter to the Editor: Is Adult Male Circumcision a Viable Public Health Strategy for HIV Prevention Outside Sub-Saharan Africa?

Letter to the Editor: Is Adult Male Circumcision a Viable Public Health Strategy for HIV Prevention Outside Sub-Saharan Africa?

Efficacy of a dish detergent in reducing populations of STI organisms in inoculated female condoms

Guidelines for Frontline Health Care Staff Safety for COVID-19

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