November 19, 2020

Low Incidence of Airborne SARS-CoV-2 in Acute Care Hospital Rooms with Optimized Ventilation

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

Keywords (Tags): health care setting

• Out of 100 air samples collected over 2 months in acute care hospital rooms hosting COVID-19 patients, 11 samples were confirmed positive via PCR and 0 samples were infectious via viral cultures. No correlation between patient clinical characteristics (e.g., length of hospital stay) and detection of airborne viral RNA was observed.

Dumont-Leblond et al. (Nov 18, 2020). Low Incidence of Airborne SARS-CoV-2 in Acute Care Hospital Rooms with Optimized Ventilation. Emerging Microbes & Infections. https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2020.1850184