SARS-CoV-2 environmental contamination from hospitalised patients with COVID-19 receiving aerosol-generating procedures.
Rebecca L WinslowJie ZhouElla F WindleIntesar NurRanjit LallChen JiJonathan Edward MillarPaul M DarkJay NaisbittAnita K SimondsJake DunningWendy BarclayJohn Kenneth BaillieGavin D PerkinsMalcolm Gracie SempleDaniel Francis McAuleyChristopher A GreenPublished in: Thorax (2021)
The use of CPAP and HFNO to treat moderate/severe COVID-19 did not appear to be associated with substantially higher levels of air or surface viral contamination in the immediate care environment, compared with the use of supplemental oxygen.