Contamination of SARS-CoV-2 in patient surroundings and on personal protective equipment in a non-ICU isolation ward for COVID-19 patients with prolonged PCR positive status

Contamination of SARS-CoV-2 in patient surroundings and on personal protective equipment in a non-ICU isolation ward for COVID-19 patients with prolonged PCR positive status

Abstract Objectives We performed an environmental sampling study to investigate the environmental contamination of SARS-CoV-2 by COVID-19 patients with prolonged PCR positive status of clinical samples. Methods We sampled the air from rooms for nine COVID-19 patients with illness or positive PCR >...

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Main Authors: Li Wei, Wenzhi Huang, Xiaojun Lu, Yantong Wang, Linzhi Cheng, Rong Deng, Haiyan Long, Zhiyong Zong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Subjects:
Corona virus disease 2019
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Air sampling
Environment sampling
Healthcare workers
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-020-00839-x

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