Environmental severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) contamination in hospital rooms during the first and third coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) waves

Killian Le Neindre; Jeanne Couturier; Aurélie Schnuriger; Sarah Jolivet; Cyril Gouot; Mickaël Majerholc; Pierre Supplisson; Céline Tan; Marine Perrier; Christelle Lazare; Laurence Morand-Joubert; Frédéric Barbut

doi:10.1017/ash.2022.228

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (Jan 2022)

Environmental severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) contamination in hospital rooms during the first and third coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) waves

Killian Le Neindre,
Jeanne Couturier,
Aurélie Schnuriger,
Sarah Jolivet,
Cyril Gouot,
Mickaël Majerholc,
Pierre Supplisson,
Céline Tan,
Marine Perrier,
Christelle Lazare,
Laurence Morand-Joubert,
Frédéric Barbut

Affiliations

Killian Le Neindre: ORCiD; Department of Environmental Microbiology, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Sorbonne Université, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France
Jeanne Couturier: Infection Control Unit, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Sorbonne Université, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France
Aurélie Schnuriger: ORCiD; Department of Virology, Saint-Antoine Tenon Trousseau Hospitals, Sorbonne Université, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), France Department of Virology, Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique (iPLESP), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France
Sarah Jolivet: Infection Control Unit, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Sorbonne Université, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France
Cyril Gouot: Infection Control Unit, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Sorbonne Université, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France
Mickaël Majerholc: Infection Control Unit, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Sorbonne Université, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France
Pierre Supplisson: Infection Control Unit, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Sorbonne Université, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France
Céline Tan: Infection Control Unit, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Sorbonne Université, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France
Marine Perrier: ORCiD; Department of Virology, Saint-Antoine Tenon Trousseau Hospitals, Sorbonne Université, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), France
Christelle Lazare: Department of Environmental Microbiology, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Sorbonne Université, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France
Laurence Morand-Joubert: Department of Virology, Saint-Antoine Tenon Trousseau Hospitals, Sorbonne Université, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), France Department of Virology, Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique (iPLESP), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France
Frédéric Barbut: Department of Environmental Microbiology, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Sorbonne Université, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France Infection Control Unit, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Sorbonne Université, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2022.228
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2

Abstract

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We investigated the frequency, distribution, and risk factors of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) environmental contamination around infected patients during the first and third wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. The shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in rooms of infected patients was limited in our hospital setting.

Published in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology

ISSN: 2732-494X (Online)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antimicrobial-stewardship-and-healthcare-epidemiology

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