Air, Surface Environmental, and Personal Protective Equipment Contamination by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) From a Symptomatic Patient

Sean Wei Xiang Ong; Yian Kim Tan; Po Ying Chia; Tau Hong Lee; Oon Tek Ng; Michelle Su Yen Wong; Kalisvar Marimuthu

doi:10.1001/jama.2020.3227

Air, Surface Environmental, and Personal Protective Equipment Contamination by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) From a Symptomatic Patient

JAMA. 2020 Apr 28;323(16):1610-1612. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.3227.

Authors

Sean Wei Xiang Ong¹, Yian Kim Tan², Po Ying Chia¹, Tau Hong Lee¹, Oon Tek Ng¹, Michelle Su Yen Wong², Kalisvar Marimuthu¹

Affiliations

¹ National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore.
² DSO National Laboratories, Singapore.

Abstract

This study documents results of SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing of environmental surfaces and personal protective equipment surrounding 3 COVID-19 patients in isolation rooms in a Singapore hospital.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / transmission*
Equipment Contamination*
Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / virology*
Humans
Pandemics
Personal Protective Equipment / virology
Pneumonia, Viral / transmission*
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
SARS-CoV-2
Virus Shedding