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| Syed A SattarSummaryAffiliation: University of Ottawa Country: Canada Publications
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Microbicides and the environmental control of nosocomial viral infectionsS A Sattar
Centre for Research on Environmental Microbiology CREM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ONT K1H 8M5, Canada
J Hosp Infect 56:S64-9. 2004..It is anticipated that these approaches will result in reducing the health and economic impact of nosocomial infections due to viruses...- Hierarchy of susceptibility of viruses to environmental surface disinfectants: a predictor of activity against new and emerging viral pathogensSyed A Sattar
University of Ottawa, Centre for Research on Environmental Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, 451 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8M5
J AOAC Int 90:1655-8. 2007.... 
The crucial role of wiping in decontamination of high-touch environmental surfaces: Review of current status and directions for the futureSyed A Sattar
Centre for Research on Environmental Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Electronic address
Am J Infect Control 41:S97-S104. 2013..Therefore, such products must be properly assessed with mechanical/chemical action combined. We critically review current wipe test methods and propose future approaches...- The fingerpad protocol to assess hygienic hand antiseptics against virusesSyed A Sattar
Center for Research on Environmental Microbiology, University of Ottawa, Ont, Ottawa, Canada
J Virol Methods 103:171-81. 2002..The activities of all major classes of germicidal chemicals used in hygienic hand antiseptics have been tested against several enveloped and non-enveloped viruses of human origin... 
In vivo comparison of two human norovirus surrogates for testing ethanol-based handrubs: the mouse chasing the cat!Syed A Sattar
Center for Research on Environmental Microbiology CREM, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
PLoS ONE 6:e17340. 2011..These findings indicate the need for a review of the continuing use of FCV as a surrogate for HuNoV...- Allen Denver Russell Memorial Lecture, 2006. The use of microbicides in infection control: a critical look at safety, testing and applicationsS A Sattar
Centre for Research on Environmental Microbiology CREM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
J Appl Microbiol 101:743-53. 2006..Independent investigations are also urgently needed to document the proportion of nosocomial infections that would be amenable to prevention through chemical disinfection of environmental surfaces... - Experimental evaluation of an automated endoscope reprocessor with in situ generation of peracetic acid for disinfection of semicritical devicesSyed A Sattar
Centre for Research on Environmental Microbiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 27:1193-9. 2006..To evaluate the effectiveness of a high-level disinfection solution generated inside an endoscope processing system for decontaminating external and internal surfaces of experimentally contaminated heat-sensitive medical devices... - Promises and pitfalls of recent advances in chemical means of preventing the spread of nosocomial infections by environmental surfacesSyed A Sattar
Centre for Research on Environmental Microbiology CREM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Am J Infect Control 38:S34-40. 2010.... - Use of a mixture of surrogates for infectious bioagents in a standard approach to assessing disinfection of environmental surfacesSafaa Sabbah
Centre for Research on Environmental Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8M5
Appl Environ Microbiol 76:6020-2. 2010.... - Aptamer-based viability impedimetric sensor for bacteriaMahmoud Labib
Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie Curie, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
Anal Chem 84:8966-9. 2012..This report is envisaged to open a new venue for the aptamer-based viability sensing of a variety of microorganisms, particularly viable but nonculturable (VBNC) bacteria, using a rapid, economic, and label-free electrochemical platform... - Carrier tests to assess microbicidal activities of chemical disinfectants for use on medical devices and environmental surfacesV Susan Springthorpe
Centre for Research on Environmental Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8M5, Canada
J AOAC Int 88:182-201. 2005..It is hoped that this review and its recommendations will initiate needed discussion and resolution of the many issues identified... - Application of a quantitative carrier test to evaluate microbicides against mycobacteriaV Susan Springthorpe
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, Centre for Research on Environmental Microbiology CREM, 451 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, ON, KlH 8M5, Canada
J AOAC Int 90:817-24. 2007.... - Activity of selected oxidizing microbicides against the spores of Clostridium difficile: relevance to environmental controlJusto Perez
Centre for Research on Environmental Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Am J Infect Control 33:320-5. 2005.... - A disc-based quantitative carrier test method to assess the virucidal activity of chemical germicidesSyed A Sattar
Center for Research on Environmental Microbiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont, Canada K1H8M5
J Virol Methods 112:3-12. 2003..The method has been used with several types of human and animal pathogenic viruses to test the activity of all major classes of chemical germicides against them... - Combined application of simulated reuse and quantitative carrier tests to assess high-level disinfection: experiments with an accelerated hydrogen peroxide-based formulationSyed A Sattar
Centre for Research on Environmental Microbiology, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, Canada
Am J Infect Control 30:449-57. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: The stress test and QCT were successfully combined in demonstrating the broad-spectrum germicidal activity of a high-level disinfectant subjected to 14 days of simulated reuse... - Comparison of static and dynamic disinfection models for bacteria and viruses in water of varying qualityS Springthorpe
Centre for Research on Environmental Microbiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1H 8M5
Water Sci Technol 43:147-54. 2001..This system could be useful for understanding the fluctuations in disinfection efficacy that may occur in source water of varying quality, or in distribution systems, as disinfectant residuals decline... - Occurrence of Legionella in groundwater: an ecological studyS Riffard
Centre for Research on Environmental Microbiology CREM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8M5
Water Sci Technol 43:99-102. 2001.... - Chloraminated drinking water does not generate bacterial resistance to antibiotics in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilmsD J Jurgens
Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Lett Appl Microbiol 46:562-7. 2008..To determine if exposure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms to chloraminated drinking water can lead to individual bacteria with resistance to antibiotics... - Broad-spectrum microbicidal activity, toxicologic assessment, and materials compatibility of a new generation of accelerated hydrogen peroxide-based environmental surface disinfectantNavid Omidbakhsh
Virox Technologies, Inc, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Am J Infect Control 34:251-7. 2006..It was compatible with 12 types of plastic and 3 out of 4 metals. CONCLUSION: The tested formulation showed a high safety and materials compatibility profile in addition to being a fast acting, intermediate-level disinfectant... - Clospore: a liquid medium for producing high titers of semi-purified spores of Clostridium difficileJusto Perez
University of Ottawa, Centre for Research on Environmental Microbiology CREM, Faculty of Medicine, 451 Smyth Rd, ON, Canada K1H 8M5
J AOAC Int 94:618-26. 2011..The described procedure has been successfully applied to four standard (ATCC) and six clinical strains of C. difficile... - Hygienic hand antiseptics: should they not have activity and label claims against viruses?Syed A Sattar
Centre for Research on Environmental Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, and the Procter and Gamble Co, Cincinnati and Mason, Ohio, USA
Am J Infect Control 30:355-72. 2002..In addition, this review proposes surrogate viruses in such testing and discusses issues for additional consideration by researchers, manufacturers, end-users, and regulators... - Aptamer-based impedimetric sensor for bacterial typingMahmoud Labib
Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, 10 Marie Curie, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
Anal Chem 84:8114-7. 2012..typhimurium and S. choleraesuis. This report is envisaged to open a new venue for the aptamer-based typing of a variety of microorganisms using a rapid, economic, and label-free electrochemical platform... - First evidence of genotypes Ad3a16 and Ad3a18 in North America, obtained by genetic analysis of infectious human adenovirus from wastewaters of two urban communities in CanadaSinisa Vidovic
Centre for Research on Environmental Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Appl Environ Microbiol 77:4256-9. 2011..Comparative genomic analysis revealed the existence of the reportedly highly contagious Ad3a16/18 genotypes. This is the first report of Ad3a16/18 genotypes in North America... - Comparison of cloth, paper, and warm air drying in eliminating viruses and bacteria from washed handsS A Ansari
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Am J Infect Control 19:243-9. 1991..These findings indicate the importance of selecting the right means for drying washed hands, particularly when less effective hand-washing agents are used... - Norovirus cross-contamination during food handling and interruption of virus transfer by hand antisepsis: experiments with feline calicivirus as a surrogateS Bidawid
Health Canada, Food Directorate, Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Sir F G Banting Research Centre, Ross Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0L2
J Food Prot 67:103-9. 2004..9%). These findings should help in a better assessment of the potential for cross-contamination of foods during handling and also assist in developing more effective approaches to foodborne spread of norovirus infections... - Preventing the spread of hepatitis B and C viruses: where are germicides relevant?S A Sattar
Centre for Research on Environmental Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Am J Infect Control 29:187-97. 2001..Although progress in the culturing of HBV and HCV is still underway, critical issues on virus survival and inactivation should be addressed with the use of these surrogates... - Comparative in vivo efficiencies of hand-washing agents against hepatitis A virus (HM-175) and poliovirus type 1 (Sabin)J N Mbithi
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Appl Environ Microbiol 59:3463-9. 1993..The results are reported as mean percentages of reduction in PFU compared with the amount of infectious virus detectable after initial drying.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS).. - Rapid screening method for Mycobactericidal activity of chemical germicides that uses Mycobacterium terrae expressing a green fluorescent protein geneA A Zafer
Centre for Research on Environmental Microbiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8M5
Appl Environ Microbiol 67:1239-45. 2001..85) was observed between the intensity of fluorescence and the number of CFU. The GFP-based fluorescence assay reduced the turnaround time in the screening of chemical germicides for mycobactericidal activity to < or =7 days... - Survival of calicivirus in foods and on surfaces: experiments with feline calicivirus as a surrogate for norovirusK Mattison
Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Food Directorate, Health Products and Food Branch Health Canada, Sir F G Banting Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0K9
J Food Prot 70:500-3. 2007.... - Chemical disinfection of hepatitis A virus on environmental surfacesJ N Mbithi
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Appl Environ Microbiol 56:3601-4. 1990..9%; phenolics, iodine-based products, alcohols, and solutions of acetic, peracetic, citric, and phosphoric acids were unable to do so... - Contamination of foods by food handlers: experiments on hepatitis A virus transfer to food and its interruptionS Bidawid
Health Canada, Food Directorate, Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0L2
Appl Environ Microbiol 66:2759-63. 2000.... - Impact of changing societal trends on the spread of infections in American and Canadian homesS A Sattar
Centre for Research on Environmental Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Am J Infect Control 27:S4-21. 1999..This review will highlight these factors and their impact on home hygiene and steps that may be needed to reduce the risk from infections... - Identification by quantitative carrier test of surrogate spore-forming bacteria to assess sporicidal chemicals for use against Bacillus anthracisMiles R Majcher
National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, 1015 Arlington Street, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3E 3R2
Appl Environ Microbiol 74:676-81. 2008..anthracis contamination... - Improved inactivation of nonenveloped enteric viruses and their surrogates by a novel alcohol-based hand sanitizerDavid R Macinga
GOJO Industries, Inc, One GOJO Plaza, Suite 500, Akron, OH 44311, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 74:5047-52. 2008..Based on these results, we conclude that this new ethanol-based hand sanitizer is a promising option for reducing the transmission of enteric viruses, including norovirus, by food handlers and care providers... - Comparative efficacy of hand hygiene agents in the reduction of bacteria and virusesManfred Rotter
Am J Infect Control 33:558-60. 2005