(2021) Environmental Surface Contamination with SARS-CoV-2: Toilets as the Most Contaminated Surfaces in COVID-19 Referral Hospital. Hospital topics. pp. 1-8. ISSN 1939-9278 (Electronic) 0018-5868 (Linking)
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The possibility of surface transmission in hospitals with high density of COVID- 19 patients is unneglectable. The aim of this study is to determine the extent of surface contamination in coronavirus central hospital of Ilam province in western Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this experimental study, 205 samples were taken from environmental surfaces in hospital. SARS-CoV-2 RNA detected by Real-time RT-PCR. RESULTS: 121 out of 205 (50.02) samples were positive. The most contaminated objects were toilet sites (5/5,100 ICU; 5/5, 100 isolation wards). CONCLUSION: High surface contamination with SARS-CoV-2 proposes the surface as a potential route of transmission.
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| Keywords: | Covid-19 SARS-CoV-2 environmental environmental hygiene hospital surface contamination | ||||||||||||||
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| Page Range: | pp. 1-8 | ||||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Hospital topics | ||||||||||||||
| Journal Index: | Pubmed | ||||||||||||||
| Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1080/00185868.2021.1969870 | ||||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 1939-9278 (Electronic) 0018-5868 (Linking) | ||||||||||||||
| Depositing User: | مهندس مهدی شریفی | ||||||||||||||
| URI: | http://eprints.medilam.ac.ir/id/eprint/3625 |
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