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ArticleAntimicrobial resistance and infection control2021

SARS-CoV-2 aerosol generation during respiratory equipment reprocessing.

Camila Quartim de Moraes Bruna, Caroline Lopes Ciofi-Silva, Anderson Vicente de Paula, Lucy Santos Villas Boas, Noely Evangelista Ferreira, Tania R Tozetto-Mendoza, Maria Cássia Mendes Correa, Kazuko Uchikawa Graziano

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Article in Antimicrobial resistance and infection control, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Camila Quartim de Moraes BrunaEscola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo, Av Dr Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 419, Cerqueira Cesar, São Paulo, SP, 05403-000, Brazil. caquartim@usp.br.ORCID 0000-0002-7161-6035
Caroline Lopes Ciofi-SilvaPETIRAS Research Group, São Paulo, Brazil.
Anderson Vicente de PaulaFaculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Laboratorio de Investigação Médica em Virologia (LIM52), Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Av Dr Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 470, Cerqueira Cesar, São Paulo, SP, 05403-000, Brazil.
Lucy Santos Villas BoasFaculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Laboratorio de Investigação Médica em Virologia (LIM52), Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Av Dr Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 470, Cerqueira Cesar, São Paulo, SP, 05403-000, Brazil.
Noely Evangelista FerreiraFaculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Laboratorio de Investigação Médica em Virologia (LIM52), Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Av Dr Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 470, Cerqueira Cesar, São Paulo, SP, 05403-000, Brazil.
Tania R Tozetto-MendozaFaculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Laboratorio de Investigação Médica em Virologia (LIM52), Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Av Dr Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 470, Cerqueira Cesar, São Paulo, SP, 05403-000, Brazil.
Maria Cássia Mendes CorreaFaculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Laboratorio de Investigação Médica em Virologia (LIM52), Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Av Dr Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 470, Cerqueira Cesar, São Paulo, SP, 05403-000, Brazil.
Kazuko Uchikawa GrazianoEscola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo, Av Dr Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 419, Cerqueira Cesar, São Paulo, SP, 05403-000, Brazil.
Universidade de São Paulo · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aerosolization may occur during reprocessing of medical devices. With the current coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, it is important to understand the necessity of using respirators in the cleaning area of the sterile processing department. To evaluate the presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in the air of the sterile processing department during the reprocessing of contaminated medical devices. Air and surface samples were collected from the sterile processing department of two teaching tertiary hospitals during the reprocessing of respiratory equipment used in patients diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 and from intensive care units during treatment of these patients. SARS-CoV-2 was detected only in 1 air sample before the beginning of decontamination process. Viable severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 RNA was not detected in any sample collected from around symptomatic patients or in sterile processing department samples. The cleaning of respiratory equipment does not cause aerosolization of SARS-CoV-2. We believe that the use of medical masks is sufficient while reprocessing medical devices during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

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AerosolsDecontaminationEquipment ReuseAir MicrobiologyCross-Sectional StudiesEquipment and Supplies, HospitalPersonal Protective EquipmentRNA, ViralSARS-CoV-2Tertiary Care CentersVentilators, MechanicalAerosolsRNA, Viral

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