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Severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) surface contamination in staff common areas and impact on healthcare worker infection: Prospective surveillance during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

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Zhang, HL; Kelly, BJ; David, MZ; Lautenbach, E; Huang, E; Bekele, S; Tolomeo, P; Reesey, E; Loughrey, S; Pegues, D; Ziegler, MJ ...
Published in: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
January 2023

We prospectively surveyed SARS-CoV-2 RNA contamination in staff common areas within an acute-care hospital. An increasing prevalence of surface contamination was detected over time. Adjusting for patient census or community incidence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the proportion of contaminated surfaces did not predict healthcare worker COVID-19 infection on study units.

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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

DOI

EISSN

1559-6834

Publication Date

January 2023

Volume

44

Issue

1

Start / End Page

110 / 113

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • SARS-CoV-2
  • RNA, Viral
  • Prospective Studies
  • Pandemics
  • Humans
  • Health Personnel
  • Epidemiology
  • Cross Infection
  • COVID-19
  • 42 Health sciences
 

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Zhang, H. L., Kelly, B. J., David, M. Z., Lautenbach, E., Huang, E., Bekele, S., … CDC Prevention Epicenters Program. (2023). Severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) surface contamination in staff common areas and impact on healthcare worker infection: Prospective surveillance during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 44(1), 110–113. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.468
Zhang, Helen L., Brendan J. Kelly, Michael Z. David, Ebbing Lautenbach, Elizabeth Huang, Selamawit Bekele, Pam Tolomeo, et al. “Severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) surface contamination in staff common areas and impact on healthcare worker infection: Prospective surveillance during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 44, no. 1 (January 2023): 110–13. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.468.
Zhang HL, Kelly BJ, David MZ, Lautenbach E, Huang E, Bekele S, Tolomeo P, Reesey E, Loughrey S, Pegues D, Ziegler MJ, CDC Prevention Epicenters Program. Severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) surface contamination in staff common areas and impact on healthcare worker infection: Prospective surveillance during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Jan;44(1):110–113.
Journal cover image

Published In

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

DOI

EISSN

1559-6834

Publication Date

January 2023

Volume

44

Issue

1

Start / End Page

110 / 113

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • SARS-CoV-2
  • RNA, Viral
  • Prospective Studies
  • Pandemics
  • Humans
  • Health Personnel
  • Epidemiology
  • Cross Infection
  • COVID-19
  • 42 Health sciences