Risk factors for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 RNA environmental contamination in rooms of patients with coronavirus disease 2019.
Jun Won SeoDa Young KimNa Ra YunYou Mi LeeMerlin Jayalal Lawrence PanchaliMi-Seon BangSeong Yeon HwangChoon-Mee KimDong Min KimPublished in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2022)
The risk factors of environmental contamination by SARS-CoV-2 were unknown. We analyzed 1,320 environmental samples obtained from COVID-19 patients for 1 year. The risk factors of contamination of COVID-19 patients' surrounding environment were higher viral load in the respiratory tract and shorter duration from symptom onset to sample collection.