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ArticleEpidemiology and infection2020

Aerosol and environmental surface monitoring for SARS-CoV-2 RNA in a designated hospital for severe COVID-19 patients.

Y H Li, Y Z Fan, L Jiang, H B Wang

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Article in Epidemiology and infection, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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50citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
10.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 96 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review of indoor air sampling for virus detection.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021
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  18. Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the workplace: Key findings from a rapid review of the literature.Aerosol science and technology : the journal of the American Association for Aerosol Research · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Y H LiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan430022, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5121-8283
Y Z FanHospital Infection Control Department, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan430022, China.
L JiangHospital Infection Control Department, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan430022, China.
H B WangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan430022, China.
Union Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is limited information concerning the viral load of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in aerosols deposited on environmental surfaces and the effectiveness of infection prevention and control procedures on eliminating SARS-CoV-2 contamination in hospital settings. We examined the concentration of SARS-CoV-2 in aerosol samples and on environmental surfaces in a hospital designated for treating severe COVID-19 patients. Aerosol samples were collected by a microbial air sampler, and environmental surfaces were sampled using sterile premoistened swabs at multiple sites. Ninety surface swabs and 135 aerosol samples were collected. Only two swabs, sampled from the inside of a patient's mask, were positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA. All other swabs and aerosol samples were negative for the virus. Our study indicated that strict implementation of infection prevention and control procedures was highly effective in eliminating aerosol and environmental borne SARS-CoV-2 RNA thereby reducing the risk of cross-infection in hospitals.

Indexed as

Viral LoadAerosolsBetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Cross InfectionEnvironmentEnvironmental MicrobiologyHospitals, UniversityHumansMasksPandemicsPneumonia, ViralRNA, ViralSARS-CoV-2AerosolsRNA, ViralAerosolenvironmental surfaceSARS-CoV-2viral load

Identifiers

PMID32660668
PMCPMC7371847
OpenAlexW3042428658

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