Infection Control Team, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong West Cluster, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Aug;44(8):1321-1324. doi: 10.1017/ice.2022.258. Epub 2022 Oct 24.
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.
我们在香港获得了 24 个空气样本,这些样本来自 8 个普通病房,这些病房临时转换为负压病房,用于收治感染严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒 2(SARS-CoV-2)奥密克戎变异株 BA.2.2 的 2019 年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)患者。尽管室内空气稀释得到增强,但仍在 24 个样本中的 19 个(79.2%)样本中检测到 SARS-CoV-2 RNA。在医院中很难预防 SARS-CoV-2 的空气传播。