期刊
ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
卷 19, 期 3, 页码 1935-1944出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-021-01186-y
关键词
COVID-19; Hospital surfaces; Decontamination; Droplet; Aerosols; Viral shedding
资金
- Central Texas Veterans Health Care System (Temple, TX)
- Central Texas Veterans Health Care System Research Service
The novel coronavirus spreads via droplets, aerosols, or direct contact, causing environmental contamination in patient rooms. Decontaminating hospital surfaces is crucial for preventing the transmission of COVID-19.
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has rapidly spread across the world and was subsequently declared as a pandemic in 2020. To overcome this public health challenge, comprehensive understanding of the disease transmission is urgently needed. Recent evidences suggest that the most common route of transmission for SARS-CoV-2 is likely via droplet, aerosol, or direct contact in a person-to-person encounter, although the possibility of transmission via fomites from surfaces cannot be ruled out entirely. Environmental contamination in COVID-19 patient rooms is widely observed due to viral shedding from both asymptomatic and symptomatic patients, and SARS-CoV-2 can survive on hospital surfaces for extended periods. Sequence of contact events can spread the virus from one surface to the other in a hospital setting. Here, we review the studies related to viral shedding by COVID-19 patients that can contaminate surfaces and survival of SARS-CoV-2 on different types of surfaces commonly found in healthcare settings, as well as evaluating the importance of surface to person transmission characteristics. Based on recent evidences from the literature, decontamination of hospital surfaces should constitute an important part of the infection control and prevention of COVID-19.
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