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Editor, Senior Moderator
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
. 2022 Oct 24;1-4.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2022.258. Online ahead of print.
Air dispersal of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): Implications for hospital infection control during the fifth wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant in Hong Kong
Shuk-Ching Wong[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Veronica Wing-Man Chan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Lithia Lai-Ha Yuen[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Christine Ho-Yan AuYeung[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jessica Oi-Yan Leung[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Chi-Kuen Li[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Monica Oi-Tung Kwok[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Simon Yung-Chun So[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jonathan Hon-Kwan Chen[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Anthony Raymond Tam[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Ivan Fan-Ngai Hung[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Kelvin Kai-Wang To[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Janice Yee-Chi Lo[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Kwok-Yung Yuen[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Vincent Chi-Chung Cheng[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP]
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Abstract
We obtained 24 air samples in 8 general wards temporarily converted into negative-pressure wards admitting coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) omicron variant BA.2.2 in Hong Kong. SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected in 19 (79.2%) of 24 samples despite enhanced indoor air dilution. It is difficult to prevent airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in hospitals.
. 2022 Oct 24;1-4.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2022.258. Online ahead of print.
Air dispersal of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): Implications for hospital infection control during the fifth wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant in Hong Kong
Shuk-Ching Wong[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Veronica Wing-Man Chan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Lithia Lai-Ha Yuen[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Christine Ho-Yan AuYeung[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jessica Oi-Yan Leung[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Chi-Kuen Li[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Monica Oi-Tung Kwok[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Simon Yung-Chun So[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jonathan Hon-Kwan Chen[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Anthony Raymond Tam[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Ivan Fan-Ngai Hung[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Kelvin Kai-Wang To[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Janice Yee-Chi Lo[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Kwok-Yung Yuen[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Vincent Chi-Chung Cheng[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP]
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- PMID: 36278515
- DOI: 10.1017/ice.2022.258
Abstract
We obtained 24 air samples in 8 general wards temporarily converted into negative-pressure wards admitting coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) omicron variant BA.2.2 in Hong Kong. SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected in 19 (79.2%) of 24 samples despite enhanced indoor air dilution. It is difficult to prevent airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in hospitals.