Air and Environmental Contamination Caused by COVID-19 Patients: a Multi-Center Study.

Uh Jin Kim Seung Yeob Lee Ji Yeon Lee Ahrang Lee Seong Eun Kim Ok Ja Choi Ji Suk Lee Seung-Jung Kee Hee-Chang Jang

Published in: Journal of Korean medical science (2020)

Our data suggest that remote (> 2 m) airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from hospitalized COVID-19 patients is uncommon when aerosol-generating procedures have not been performed. Surface contamination was widespread, except in a room routinely cleaned with disinfectant wipes.

Keyphrases

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risk assessment
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particulate matter
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