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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 environmental contamination in hospital rooms is uncommon using viral culture techniques

Published:2022-01-12 Issue:1 Volume:75 Page:e307-e309
ISSN:1058-4838
Container-title:Clinical Infectious Diseases
language:en
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Author:

Warren Bobby G¹²^ORCID,Nelson Alicia¹²,Barrett Aaron¹²,Addison Bechtler¹,Graves Amanda¹,Binder Raquel²,Gray Gregory³,Lewis Sarah¹²,Smith Becky A¹²,Weber David J⁴,Sickbert-Bennett Emily E⁴,Anderson Deverick J¹²

Affiliation:

1. Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention , Durham, North Carolina , USA

2. Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center , Durham, North Carolina , USA

3. Division of Infectious Disease, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston , Texas , USA

4. Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina , USA

Abstract

Abstract We assessed environmental contamination of inpatient rooms housing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients in a dedicated COVID-19 unit. Contamination with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 was found on 5.5% (19/347) of surfaces via reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and 0.3% (1/347) of surfaces via cell culture. Environmental contamination is uncommon in hospitals rooms; RNA presence is not a specific indicator of infectious virus.

Funder

Duke-UNC Prevention Epicenter Program for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections

Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical)

Link

https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/cid/ciac023/42579934/ciac023.pdf

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