Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Feb;45(2):244-246. doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.183. Epub 2023 Sep 28.
Emergency departments are high-risk settings for severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) surface contamination. Environmental surface samples were obtained in rooms with patients suspected of having COVID-19 who did or did not undergo aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs). SARS-CoV-2 RNA surface contamination was most frequent in rooms occupied by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients who received no AGPs.
急诊科是严重急性呼吸冠状病毒 2(SARS-CoV-2)表面污染的高风险场所。在有疑似 COVID-19 患者的房间中采集了环境表面样本,这些患者进行或未进行气溶胶生成程序(AGP)。在未接受 AGP 的 2019 年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)患者入住的房间中,最常发现 SARS-CoV-2 RNA 表面污染。