Aerosol and surface contamination of SARS-CoV-2 observed in quarantine and isolation care
Nebraska Medical Center · The National Institute for Strategic Studies · +4 more institutions
Abstract
The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) originated in Wuhan, China in late 2019, and its resulting coronavirus disease, COVID-19, was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. The rapid global spread of COVID-19 represents perhaps the most significant public health emergency in a century. As the pandemic progressed, a continued paucity of evidence on routes of SARS-CoV-2 transmission has resulted in shifting infection prevention and control guidelines between classically-defined airborne and droplet precautions. During the initial isolation of 13 individuals with COVID-19 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, we collected air and surface…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 69.39
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 18
Authors
13- JLJoshua L. SantarpiaCorresponding
Nebraska Medical Center, The National Institute for Strategic Studies, Strategic Analysis (United States), National Strategic Research Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center
- DNDanielle N. Rivera
Strategic Analysis (United States), National Strategic Research Institute
- VLVicki L. Herrera
University of Nebraska Medical Center
- MJM. Jane Morwitzer
University of Nebraska Medical Center
- HMHannah M. Creager
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Topics & keywords
- Quarantine
- Contamination
- Isolation (microbiology)
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
- Aerosol
- Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
- Environmental science
- Good health and well-being