Severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA and viable virus contamination of hospital emergency department surfaces and association with patient coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) status and aerosol-generating procedures.
Scott C RobertsElliana S BarbellDouglas BarberSuzanne E DahlbergRobert HeimerKaren Jean JubanyikVivek ParwaniMelinda M PettigrewJason M TannerAndrew UlrichMartina WadeChantal B F VogelsDevyn Yolda-CarrRichard A MartinelloWindy D TannerPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2023)
Emergency departments are high-risk settings for severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) surface contamination. Environmental surface samples were obtained in rooms with patients suspected of having COVID-19 who did or did not undergo aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs). SARS-CoV-2 RNA surface contamination was most frequent in rooms occupied by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients who received no AGPs.
Keyphrases
- sars cov
- coronavirus disease
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- emergency department
- risk assessment
- human health
- end stage renal disease
- drinking water
- health risk
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- healthcare
- case report
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- pulmonary embolism
- nucleic acid
- respiratory tract
- life cycle