Assessing airborne transmission risks in COVID-19 hospitals by systematically monitoring SARS-CoV-2 in the air.

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Risk management and control of airborne transmission in hospitals is crucial in response to a respiratory virus pandemic. However, the formulation of these infection control measures is often based on epidemiological investigations, which are an indirect way of analyzing the transmission route of viruses. This can lead to careless omissions in infection prevention and control or excessively restrictive measures that increase the burden on healthcare workers. The study provides a starting point for standardizing transmission risk management in designated hospitals by systemically monitoring viruses in the air of typical spaces in COVID-19 hospitals. The negative results of 359 air samples in the clean and emergency zones demonstrated the existing measures to interrupt air

SUBMITTER: Li S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10714815 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature