February 27, 2020

Clinical Data on Hospital Environmental Hygiene Monitoring and Medical Staffs Protection during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Public Health Policy and Practice

• The outbreak of COVID-19 placed unprecedented challenges on hospital environmental hygiene and medical staff’s protection in Hospitals China. Jiang et al. assessed hospital environmental hygiene (air and surfaces) using quantitative real RT-PCR methods. Viruses were detected on surfaces in the isolation area with suspected patients and in the air of the isolation ward with an intensive care patient. They concluded comprehensive monitoring of hospital environmental hygiene during pandemic outbreaks is necessary for refining hospital infection control to protect medical staff. 

Jiang et al. (Feb 27, 2020). Clinical Data on Hospital Environmental Hygiene Monitoring and Medical Staffs Protection during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak. Pre-print downloaded Feb 27 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.25.20028043