Open AccessEfficacy of disinfecting inanimate surfaces against coronavirus: a systematic review
Author(s) -
Isabela Bittencourt Basso,
Ângela Graciela Deliga Schröder,
Raimundo R. dos Santos,
Glória Cortz Ravazzi,
Flávio Magno Gonçalves,
José Stechman-Neto,
Bianca Simone Zeigelboim,
Bruna Povh,
Cristiano Miranda de Araújo,
Odilon Guariza Filho
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
research, society and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2525-3409
DOI - 10.33448/rsd-v10i10.19100
Subject(s) - disinfectant , coronavirus , cochrane library , medline , covid-19 , population , medicine , web of science , meta analysis , environmental health , biology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , biochemistry
Human coronaviruses tend to persist on dry surfaces for 2 to 9 days, necessitating infection control and prevention protocols using biocidal agents. This systematic review aimed to answer the following focused question: What is the effectiveness of disinfectants on inanimate surfaces against the coronavirus? The acronym “PICOS” was used to represent the eligibility of studies: P = population (inanimate surfaces contaminated with coronavirus); I = intervention (disinfectants); C = comparison (studies with any type of control or studies that used a control group); O = outcomes (coronavirus inactivation on different types of inanimate surfaces); and S = study design (in vitro studies). The seven databases used were PubMed/Medline, EMBASE, Latin American and Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences (LILACS), Web of Science, Scopus, LIVIVO, and Cochrane Library. The gray literature was also used as an information source through Google Scholar, ProQuest, and Open Gray. The search resulted in 6639 references, and 21 articles were used in the qualitative analysis. The results showed that all studied biocidal solutions provided some degree of decontamination and inactivation of the coronavirus, depending on the concentration of the disinfectant solution, the time of exposure of the product to the pathogen and the type of surface.