April 21, 2020

SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection of hospital isolation wards hygiene monitoring during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 outbreak in a Chinese hospital

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Public Health Policy and Practice

• This study monitored the presence of detectable SARS-Cov-2 among hospital environment surfaces, sewage, and PPE of staff in isolation wards. All 36 environmental and 9 PPE samples were negative.  All 3 sewage samples from the inlet preprocessing pool were positive, however samples from the outlet of the last disinfection pool were negative.
• Findings suggest that strict disinfection and hand hygiene could decrease hospital-associated COVID-19 infection risk to staff working in isolation wards.

Wang et al. (April 18, 2020). SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection of hospital isolation wards hygiene monitoring during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 outbreak in a Chinese hospital. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.024