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Surfaces and equipment contamination by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the emergency department at a university hospital

2020; Elsevier BV; Volume: 230; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.ijheh.2020.113600

1618-131X

Olivier Peyrony, Sami Ellouze, J.-P. Fontaine, Micheline Thegat-Le Cam, Maud Salmona, Linda Feghoul, Nadia Mahjoub, Séverine Mercier‐Delarue, Audrey Gabassi, Constance Delaugerre, Jérôme Le Goff, Y. Achili, Lionel Adès, Laura Guillén-Aguinaga, Gordon L. Archer, A. Benattia, Béatrice Berçot, Anne Bergeron, Rémi Bertinchamp, Louise Bondeelle, Jean‐David Bouaziz, D. Bouda, David Boutboul, I. Brindel Berthon, E. Brugnet, S. Caillat Zucman, S. Cassonnet, Karine Celli Lebras, Jacqueline Chabert, Marie‐Laure Chaix, Sylvie Chevret, Marina Clément, Claire Davoine, Nathalie De Castro, É. de Kerviler, Constance de Margerie‐Mellon, François Dépret, B. Denis, Lalia Djaghout, Clarisse Dupin, D. Farge-Blancel, Catherine Fauvaux, Honorine Fenaux, E. Feredj, Delphine Feyeux, Véronique Frémeaux‐Bacchi, Lionel Galicier, J. Garestier, Stéphanie Harel, Anne Lise Jegu, E. Kozakiewicz, Ariane Baye, Pierre Le Guen, Étienne Lengliné, Geoffroy Liégeon, Gwenaël Lorillon, I. Madelaine Chambrin, Grégoire Martin de Frémont, Sarah Maylin, C. Mehlman, Marie Meunier, Jean‐Michel Molina, François Morin, Éric Oksenhendler, Régis Peffault de la Tour, Benoît Plaud, M. Rouveau, Julien Saussereau, Nathalie Schnepf, Juliette Soret, Aziz Tazi, Marie-Thérèse Tremorin,

COVID-19 and healthcare impacts

Environmental contamination by patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) through respiratory droplets suggests that surfaces and equipment could be a medium of transmission. We aimed to assess the surface and equipment contamination by SARS-COV-2 of an emergency department (ED) during the coronavirus infectious disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak.