August 28, 2020

Prevalence of Surface Contamination With SARS-CoV-2 in a Radiation Oncology Clinic

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

Keywords (Tags): transmission

• In a quality improvement study of a radiation oncology department in New Jersey, 128 environmental swabs were obtained following WHO protocols over 6 days from May 1 to May 13 (peak daily rate for New Jersey), of which none were positive for SARS-CoV-2. The investigators suggest routine cleaning and disinfecting protocols appear to be adequate for limiting fomite transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

Jan et al. (Aug 27, 2020). Prevalence of Surface Contamination With SARS-CoV-2 in a Radiation Oncology Clinic. JAMA Oncology. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.3552