Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) nucleic acid contamination of surfaces on a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ward and intensive care unit

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Feb;42(2):215-217. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.416. Epub 2020 Aug 12.

Abstract

On coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) wards, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) nucleic acid was frequently detected on high-touch surfaces, floors, and socks inside patient rooms. Contamination of floors and shoes was common outside patient rooms on the COVID-19 wards but decreased after improvements in floor cleaning and disinfection were implemented.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19 / transmission*
  • COVID-19 / virology
  • Clothing
  • Disinfection / methods
  • Environmental Pollution / analysis*
  • Equipment Contamination
  • Hospitals, Veterans
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units*
  • Ohio
  • Patients' Rooms*
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification*