Contamination of CT scanner surfaces with SARS-CoV-2 and infective potential after examination of invasively ventilated, non-invasively ventilated and non-ventilated patients with positive throat swabs: prospective investigation using real-time reverse-transcription PCR and viral cell culture.
Friedemann GöhlerVictor M CormanTobias BleickerAndrea StrouxMarc DeweyTorsten DiekhoffPublished in: Insights into imaging (2022)
Our study suggests that CT scanner surface contamination with SARS-CoV-2 is considerable and more common after examination of non-invasively ventilated or non-ventilated patients compared to invasively ventilated patients. However, no viral cell culture positivity was found, hence the infectious potential seems low.
Keyphrases
- sars cov
- intensive care unit
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- image quality
- risk assessment
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- peritoneal dialysis
- drinking water
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- magnetic resonance imaging
- patient reported outcomes
- magnetic resonance
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- staphylococcus aureus
- coronavirus disease
- heavy metals