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    Título
    Evidence of air and surface contamination with SARS-CoV-2 in a major hospital in Portugal
    Autor
    Gomes da Silva, Priscilla
    Carita Gonçalves, José ManuelAutoridad UVA Orcid
    Brito Lopes, Ariana Isabel
    Esteves, Nury Alves
    Bamba, Gustavo Emanuel Enes
    Nascimento, Maria São José
    Branco, Pedro T. B. S.
    Soares, Ruben R. G.
    Sousa, Sofia I. V.
    Mesquita, João
    Año del Documento
    2022
    Editorial
    MDPI
    Descripción
    Producción Científica
    Documento Fuente
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022, Vol. 19, Nº. 1, 525
    Resumen
    As the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic hit Portugal, it forced the country to reintroduce lockdown measures due to hospitals reaching their full capacities. Under these circumstances, environmental contamination by SARS-CoV-2 in different areas of one of Portugal’s major Hospitals was assessed between 21 January and 11 February 2021. Air samples (n = 44) were collected from eleven different areas of the Hospital (four COVID-19 and seven non-COVID-19 areas) using Coriolis® μ and Coriolis® Compact cyclone air sampling devices. Surface sampling was also performed (n = 17) on four areas (one COVID-19 and three non-COVID-19 areas). RNA extraction followed by a one-step RT-qPCR adapted for quantitative purposes were performed. Of the 44 air samples, two were positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA (6575 copies/m3 and 6662.5 copies/m3, respectively). Of the 17 surface samples, three were positive for SARS-CoV-2 RNA (200.6 copies/cm2, 179.2 copies/cm2, and 201.7 copies/cm2, respectively). SARS-CoV-2 environmental contamination was found both in air and on surfaces in both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 areas. Moreover, our results suggest that longer collection sessions are needed to detect point contaminations. This reinforces the need to remain cautious at all times, not only when in close contact with infected individuals. Hand hygiene and other standard transmission-prevention guidelines should be continuously followed to avoid nosocomial COVID-19.
    Materias (normalizadas)
    SARS-CoV-2
    COVID-19
    Environmental pollution
    Contaminación ambiental
    Air samples
    Surface samples
    Air quality
    Aire - Calidad
    Air - Pollution
    Aire - Contaminación
    Medical care - Portugal
    Public Health
    Materias Unesco
    3308 Ingeniería y Tecnología del Medio Ambiente
    2509.02 Contaminación Atmosférica
    3212 Salud Publica
    ISSN
    1660-4601
    Revisión por pares
    SI
    DOI
    10.3390/ijerph19010525
    Patrocinador
    Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)/Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior (MCTES) (PIDDAC) de Portugal - (project UIDB/00511/2020 (LEPABE))
    Version del Editor
    https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/1/525
    Propietario de los Derechos
    © 2022 The Authors
    Idioma
    eng
    URI
    https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/62807
    Tipo de versión
    info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Derechos
    openAccess
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