Choi Jessica Y, Zemke Juliana, Philo Sarah E, Bailey Emily S, Yondon Myagmarsukh, Gray Gregory C
Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States.
Front Public Health. 2018 Jun 14;6:174. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2018.00174. eCollection 2018.
This study aimed to evaluate environmental air sampling as an alternative form of active surveillance for respiratory pathogens in clinical settings. Samples were collected from three locations in the Emergency Department at Duke University Hospital Systems from October 2017 to March 2018. Of the 44 samples collected, 12 were positive for known respiratory pathogens including influenza A, influenza D, and adenovirus. Results suggest bioaerosol sampling may serve as a complement to active surveillance in clinical settings. Additionally, since respiratory viruses were detected in aerosol samples, our results suggest that hospital infection control measures, including the use of N95 respirators, could be used to limit the spread of infectious viruses in the air.
本研究旨在评估环境空气采样作为临床环境中呼吸道病原体主动监测的一种替代形式。2017年10月至2018年3月期间,从杜克大学医院系统急诊科的三个地点采集了样本。在采集的44个样本中,12个样本检测出已知呼吸道病原体呈阳性,包括甲型流感病毒、丁型流感病毒和腺病毒。结果表明,生物气溶胶采样可作为临床环境中主动监测的补充。此外,由于在气溶胶样本中检测到呼吸道病毒,我们的结果表明,包括使用N95口罩在内的医院感染控制措施可用于限制空气中传染性病毒的传播。