In response to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, a laboratory protocol was developed to test the viral disinfection efficacy of hot water laundering of cloth face coverings, cotton scrubs, and denim pants. The Phi6 virus (bacteriophage) was used as the organism to test disinfection efficacy.
Mikelonis, A., Archer, J., Wyrzykowska-Ceradini, B., Morris, E., Sawyer, J., Chamberlain, T., Abdel-Hady, A., Monge, M., Touati, A. Determining Viral Disinfection Efficacy of Hot Water Laundering. J. Vis. Exp. (184), e64164, doi:10.3791/64164 (2022).