Khan Raymond M, Al-Dorzi Hasan M, Al Johani Sameera, Balkhy Hanan H, Alenazi Thamer H, Baharoon Salim, Arabi Yaseen M
Intensive Care Department, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Intensive Care Department, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Am J Infect Control. 2016 Nov 1;44(11):1387-1389. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.05.006. Epub 2016 Jun 20.
The Middle East Respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has been responsible for multiple health care-associated outbreaks. We investigated whether high-touch surfaces in 3 rooms of laboratory-confirmed MERS-CoV patients were contaminated with MERS-CoV RNA. We found 2 out of 51 surfaces were contaminated with MERS-CoV viral genetic material. Hence, environmental contamination may be a potential source of health care transmission and outbreaks. Meticulous environmental cleaning may be important in preventing transmission within the health care setting.
中东呼吸综合征冠状病毒（MERS-CoV）已导致多起与医疗保健相关的疫情爆发。我们调查了实验室确诊的MERS-CoV患者3个房间内的高频接触表面是否被MERS-CoV RNA污染。我们发现51个表面中有2个被MERS-CoV病毒遗传物质污染。因此，环境污染可能是医疗保健传播和疫情爆发的一个潜在来源。细致的环境清洁对于防止在医疗保健环境中的传播可能很重要。
