Nature Communications (May 2020)
Detection of air and surface contamination by SARS-CoV-2 in hospital rooms of infected patients
- Po Ying Chia,
- Kristen Kelli Coleman,
- Yian Kim Tan,
- Sean Wei Xiang Ong,
- Marcus Gum,
- Sok Kiang Lau,
- Xiao Fang Lim,
- Ai Sim Lim,
- Stephanie Sutjipto,
- Pei Hua Lee,
- Than The Son,
- Barnaby Edward Young,
- Donald K. Milton,
- Gregory C. Gray,
- Stephan Schuster,
- Timothy Barkham,
- Partha Pratim De,
- Shawn Vasoo,
- Monica Chan,
- Brenda Sze Peng Ang,
- Boon Huan Tan,
- Yee-Sin Leo,
- Oon-Tek Ng,
- Michelle Su Yen Wong,
- Kalisvar Marimuthu,
- for the Singapore 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak Research Team
Affiliations
- Po Ying Chia
- National Centre for Infectious Diseases
- Kristen Kelli Coleman
- Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore
- Yian Kim Tan
- DSO National Laboratories
- Sean Wei Xiang Ong
- National Centre for Infectious Diseases
- Marcus Gum
- DSO National Laboratories
- Sok Kiang Lau
- DSO National Laboratories
- Xiao Fang Lim
- DSO National Laboratories
- Ai Sim Lim
- DSO National Laboratories
- Stephanie Sutjipto
- National Centre for Infectious Diseases
- Pei Hua Lee
- National Centre for Infectious Diseases
- Than The Son
- Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore
- Barnaby Edward Young
- National Centre for Infectious Diseases
- Donald K. Milton
- Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health
- Gregory C. Gray
- Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singapore
- Stephan Schuster
- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
- Timothy Barkham
- Tan Tock Seng Hospital
- Partha Pratim De
- Tan Tock Seng Hospital
- Shawn Vasoo
- National Centre for Infectious Diseases
- Monica Chan
- National Centre for Infectious Diseases
- Brenda Sze Peng Ang
- National Centre for Infectious Diseases
- Boon Huan Tan
- DSO National Laboratories
- Yee-Sin Leo
- National Centre for Infectious Diseases
- Oon-Tek Ng
- National Centre for Infectious Diseases
- Michelle Su Yen Wong
- DSO National Laboratories
- Kalisvar Marimuthu
- National Centre for Infectious Diseases
- for the Singapore 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak Research Team
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16670-2
- Journal volume & issue
-
Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 7
Abstract
Here, the authors sample air and surfaces in hospital rooms of COVID-19 patients, detect SARS-CoV-2 RNA in air samples of two of three tested airborne infection isolation rooms, and find surface contamination in 66.7% of tested rooms during the first week of illness and 20% beyond the first week of illness.
