{"id":3249,"date":"2021-01-14T12:06:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T20:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/?p=3249"},"modified":"2021-01-16T12:07:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T20:07:34","slug":"bacterial-but-no-sars-cov-2-contamination-after-terminal-disinfection-of-tertiary-care-intensive-care-units-treating-covid-19-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2021\/01\/14\/bacterial-but-no-sars-cov-2-contamination-after-terminal-disinfection-of-tertiary-care-intensive-care-units-treating-covid-19-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Bacterial but No SARS-CoV-2 Contamination after Terminal Disinfection of Tertiary Care Intensive Care Units Treating COVID-19 Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After disinfection of two tertiary COVID-19 ICUs in Switzerland, no SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected among 86 swabs sampled from defined locations. 90 swabs sampled in parallel in the same locations revealed low contamination with gram-negative bacteria, particularly in sinks and siphons. One ICU was disinfected with Kohrsolin 1% and dry mist hydrogen peroxide, while the other ICU was disinfected with Kohrsolin 1% alone. Disinfecting staff were blinded to the study.<\/p>\n<p><i>Hofmaenner et al. (Jan 12, 2021). Bacterial but No SARS-CoV-2 Contamination after Terminal Disinfection of Tertiary Care Intensive Care Units Treating COVID-19 Patients. Antimicrobial Resistance &amp; Infection Control. <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13756-021-00885-z\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13756-021-00885-z<\/a><i><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After disinfection of two tertiary COVID-19 ICUs in Switzerland, no SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected among 86 swabs sampled from defined locations. 90 swabs sampled in parallel in the same locations revealed low contamination with gram-negative bacteria, particularly in sinks and siphons. One ICU was disinfected with Kohrsolin 1% and dry mist hydrogen peroxide, while the&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2021\/01\/14\/bacterial-but-no-sars-cov-2-contamination-after-terminal-disinfection-of-tertiary-care-intensive-care-units-treating-covid-19-patients\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[29],"topic":[20],"class_list":["post-3249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-summary","tag-public-health","topic-clinical-characteristics-and-health-care-setting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3249"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3250,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3249\/revisions\/3250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3249"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=3249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}