Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

April 7, 2020

Toilets dominate environmental detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus in a hospital

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  • The authors tested 107 surface samples from 4 isolation rooms housing 10 COVID-19 patients in a Chinese hospital. Fecal-derived aerosols in the patients’ toilets contained most of the detected SARS-CoV-2 virus in the hospital, highlighting the importance of surface and hand hygiene for intervention as well as the importance of hygiene in both private and public toilets.

Ding et al. (Apr 3, 2020). Toilets dominate environmental detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus in a hospital. Pre-print downloaded Apr 7 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.03.20052175