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Records 1 to 22 of 22 records from [ORD-NHSRC] published between 10/18/2012 and 10/18/2017 from author Worth Calfee

2017

Calfee, W., S. Lee, AND T. Boe. A Review of Biological Agent Sampling Methods and Application to a Wide-Area Incident Scenario to Characterize Time and Resource Demands. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-17/176, 2017.

Calfee, W. Evaluation of Commercially-Available Equipment for the Decontamination of Bacillus Anthracis Spores in an Urban Subway System. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-17/156, 2017.

Calfee, W., L. Mickelsen, S. Serre, R. Rupert, AND M. Nalipinski. Evaluation of Spray-Based, Low-Tech Decontamination Methods under Operationally Challenging Environments: Cold Temperatures. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-17/211, 2017.

Calfee, W., J. Tufts, K. Meyer, K. McConkey, L. Mickelsen, L. Rose, C. Dowell, L. Delaney, A. Weber, S. Morse, J. Chaitram, AND M. Gray. Evaluation of standardized sample collection, packaging, and decontamination procedures to assess cross-contamination potential during Bacillus anthracis incident response operations. JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE. Taylor & Francis, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, 13(12):980-992, (2016). https://doi.org/10.1080/15459624.2016.1200725

Lee, S., W. Calfee, J. Archer, T. Boe, L. Mickelsen, AND D. Hamilton. Field Application of Emerging Composite Sampling Methods. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-17/212, 2017.

Douglas, S., D. Griffin, E. Silvestri, T. Boe, P. Lemieux, J. Lisle, W. Calfee, AND T. Nichols. Joint USGS/USEPA Pathogens in Soils Geographic Information Systems Project. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 2017.

2016

Wood, Joe, W. Calfee, S. Ryan, L. Mickelsen, M. Clayton, AND Vipin Rastogi. A Simple Decontamination Approach Using Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor for Bacillus anthracis Spore Inactivation. JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA, 121(6):1603-1615, (2016).

Shah, S., W. Calfee, S. Ryan, AND S. Morse. Chapter 7 -- Bacillus anthracis: An Aerobiological Threat. Chapter 7, Aerobiology: The Toxicology of Airborne Pathogens and Toxins. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, Uk, , 248-299, (2016).

2015

Calfee, W. AND M. Wendling. Inactivation of Burkholderia pseudomallei on Environmental Surfaces using Spray-Applied, Common Liquid Disinfectants. Letters in Applied Microbiology. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA, 61(5):418-422, (2015).

2014

Tufts, J., W. Calfee, S. Lee, AND S. Ryan. Bacillus thuringiensis as a surrogate for Bacillus anthracis in aerosol research. WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY. Springer, New York, NY, 30(5):1453-1461, (2014).

Tufts, J., K. Meyer, W. Calfee, AND S. Lee. Composite Sampling of a Bacillus anthracis Surrogate with Cellulose Sponge Surface Samplers from a Nonporous Surface. PLOS ONE . Public Library of Science, San Francisco, CA, , 1-16, (2014).

Ryan, S., S. Lee, W. Calfee, Joe Wood, S. McDonald, M. Clayton, N. Griffin-Gatchalian, A. Touati, L. Smith, AND M. Nysewander. Effect of Inoculation Method on the Determination of Decontamination Efficacy against Bacillus Spores. WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY. Springer, New York, NY, 30(10):2609-23, (2014).

Meyer, K., J. Tufts, W. Calfee, AND L. Oudejans. Efficacy of Sporicidal Wipes for Inactivation of a Bacillus anthracis Surrogate. JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA, (117):1634-1644, (2014).

Calfee, W., L. Rose, J. Tufts, S. Morse, C. Matt, T. Dahman, N. Griffin-Gatchalian, C. Slone, AND N. McSweeney. Evaluation of Sampling Methods for Bacillus Spore-Contaminated HVAC Filters. Letters in Applied Microbiology. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA, 96:1-5, (2014).

Meyer, K., W. Calfee, Joe Wood, L. Mickelsen, B. Atwood, C. Matt, A. Touati, AND F. Delafield. Fumigation of a Lab-Scale HVAC system with Hydrogen Peroxide for Decontamination Following a Biological Contamination Incident. JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA, 116(3):533-541, (2014).

Lee, S., W. Calfee, L. Mickelsen, M. Clayton, AND D. Touati. Scenario-based Evaluation of Commercially-available Cleaning Robots for Collection of Bacillus Spores from Environmental Surfaces. AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 24(2):123-133, (2013).

2013

Calfee, W., S. Lee, AND S. Ryan. A Rapid and Repeatable Method to Deposit Bioaerosols on Material Surfaces. JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, 92:375-380, (2013).

Calfee, W., L. Rose, S. Morse, D. Mattorano, M. Clayton, A. Touati, N. Griffin-Gatchalian, C. Slone, AND N. McSweeney. Comparative Evaluation of Vacuum-based Surface Sampling Methods for Collection of Bacillus Spores. JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, 95(3):389-396, (2013).

Lee, S., W. Calfee, L. Mickelsen, J. Griffin, S. Wolfe, M. Clayton, N. Griffin-Gatchalian, AND A. Touati. Evaluation of Surface Sampling for Bacillus Spores Using Commercially Available Cleaning Robots. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Indianapolis, IN, 47(6):2593-2601, (2013).

Wood, J., W. Calfee, M. Clayton, N. Griffin-Gatchalian, A. Touati, AND K. Egler. Evaluation of peracetic acid fog for the inactivation of Bacillus anthracis spore surrogates in a large decontamination chamber. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, 250-251:61-67, (2013).

Calfee, W. AND M. Wendling. Inactivation of vegetative bacterial threat agents on environmental surfaces. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. Elsevier BV, AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, 443:387-396, (2012).

CALFEE, W., S. P. RYAN, N. Griffin-Gatchalian, M. Clayton, A. Touati, C. Slone, AND N. McSweeney. THE EFFECTS OF DECONTAMINANT RESIDUE ON THE VIABILITY OF BACILLUS SPORES DURING WIPE SAMPLE STORAGE. Environmental Biosafety Research. EDP Sciences, LES ULIS, France, 1:1-5, (2013). https://doi.org/10.4172/2167-0331.S1-001