Infection Prevention in Practice (Jun 2024)
Environmental surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 for COVID-19 outbreak detection in hospital: a single-centre prospective study
- Prachi Ray,
- Bryant Lim,
- Katarina Zorcic,
- Jennie Johnstone,
- Aaron Hinz,
- Alexandra M.A. Hicks,
- Alex Wong,
- Derek R. MacFadden,
- Caroline Nott,
- Lucas Castellani,
- Rees Kassen,
- Michael Fralick
Affiliations
- Prachi Ray
- Department of Medicine, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Bryant Lim
- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Katarina Zorcic
- Department of Medicine, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Jennie Johnstone
- Infection Prevention and Control, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Aaron Hinz
- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Alexandra M.A. Hicks
- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Alex Wong
- Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
- Derek R. MacFadden
- The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Caroline Nott
- The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Lucas Castellani
- Division of Clinical Sciences, NOSM University, Sudbury, ON, Canada; Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Sault Area Hospital, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada
- Rees Kassen
- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Michael Fralick
- Department of Medicine, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Corresponding author. Address: Sinai Health System, 60 Murray Street, M5T 3L9, Canada.
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 6,
no. 2
p. 100353