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Surface and air contamination with SARS-CoV-2 from hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Toronto, Canada, March-May 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We determined the burden of SARS-CoV-2 in air and on surfaces in rooms of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and investigated patient characteristics associated with SARS-CoV-2 environmental contamination.

Methods

Nasopharyngeal swabs, surface, and air samples were collected from the rooms of 78 inpatients with COVID-19 at six acute care hospitals in Toronto from March to May 2020. Samples were tested for SARS-CoV-2 RNA, cultured to determine potential infectivity, and whole viral genomes were sequenced. Association between patient factors and detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in surface samples were investigated.

Results

SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected from surfaces (125/474 samples; 42/78 patients) and air (3/146 samples; 3/45 patients); 17% (6/36) of surface samples from three patients yielded viable virus. Viral sequences from nasopharyngeal and surface samples clustered by patient. Multivariable analysis indicated hypoxia at admission, PCR-positive nasopharyngeal swab (cycle threshold of ≤30) on or after surface sampling date, higher Charlson co-morbidity score, and shorter time from onset of illness to sampling date were significantly associated with detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in surface samples.

Conclusions

The infrequent recovery of infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus from the environment suggests that the risk to healthcare workers from air and near-patient surfaces in acute care hospital wards is likely limited.

SUBMITTER: Kotwa JD

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8767887 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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