tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2021 Mar 6;8(6)
fab107.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab107. eCollection 2021 Jun.
Detection of Environmental Spread of SARS-CoV-2 and Associated Patient Characteristics
Charles T Semelka[SUP] 1 [/SUP], David A Ornelles[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Nathaniel S O'Connell[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Emma C Parsons[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Maria W Blevins[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Lauren E Ivey[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Werner E Bischoff[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Understanding transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 informs infection prevention practices. Air sampling devices were placed in patient hospital rooms for consecutive collections with and without masks. With patient mask use, no virus was detected in the room. High viral load and fewer days from symptom onset were associated with viral particulate dispersion.
Keywords: COVID-19; infection prevention and hospital epidemiology; viral pneumonia.
. 2021 Mar 6;8(6)
fab107.doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab107. eCollection 2021 Jun.
Detection of Environmental Spread of SARS-CoV-2 and Associated Patient Characteristics
Charles T Semelka[SUP] 1 [/SUP], David A Ornelles[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Nathaniel S O'Connell[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Emma C Parsons[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Maria W Blevins[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Lauren E Ivey[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Werner E Bischoff[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34183976
- PMCID: PMC7989193
- DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab107
Abstract
Understanding transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 informs infection prevention practices. Air sampling devices were placed in patient hospital rooms for consecutive collections with and without masks. With patient mask use, no virus was detected in the room. High viral load and fewer days from symptom onset were associated with viral particulate dispersion.
Keywords: COVID-19; infection prevention and hospital epidemiology; viral pneumonia.