Severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA and viable virus contamination of hospital emergency department surfaces and association with patient coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) status and aerosol-generating procedures

Scott C. Roberts, Elliana S. Barbell, Douglas Barber, Suzanne E. Dahlberg, Robert Heimer, Karen Jubanyik, Vivek Parwani, Melinda M. Pettigrew, Jason M. Tanner, Andrew Ulrich, Martina Wade, Anne L. Wyllie, Devyn Yolda-Carr

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Abstract

Emergency departments are high-risk settings for severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) surface contamination. Environmental surface samples were obtained in rooms with patients suspected of having COVID-19 who did or did not undergo aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs). SARS-CoV-2 RNA surface contamination was most frequent in rooms occupied by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients who received no AGPs.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)244-246
Number of pages3
JournalInfection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume45
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 28 2024
Externally publishedYes

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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

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