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A study on air and environmental samples tested for #COVID19 via PCR on hospital wards and ICU settings:
Positive tests on:
-computer mice: ICU 6 of 8, ward 1 of 5
-trash cans: ICU 3/5, ward 0/8
-bed handrails: ICU 6/14, ward 0/12
-doorknobs GW 1/12
https://bit.ly/2xlmRkb
A study on air and environmental samples tested for #COVID19 via PCR on hospital wards and ICU settings:
Positive tests on:
-computer mice: ICU 6 of 8, ward 1 of 5
-trash cans: ICU 3/5, ward 0/8
-bed handrails: ICU 6/14, ward 0/12
-doorknobs GW 1/12
https://bit.ly/2xlmRkb
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1. "... the virus can be tracked all over the floor, as indicated by the 100% rate of positivity from the floor in the pharmacy, where there were no patients."
2. "half of the samples from the soles of the ICU medical staff shoes tested positive."
1. "... the virus can be tracked all over the floor, as indicated by the 100% rate of positivity from the floor in the pharmacy, where there were no patients."
2. "half of the samples from the soles of the ICU medical staff shoes tested positive."
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Air samples tested:
-In ICU, positive test results in "14 samples positive of 40 samples tested
-2 samples positive of 16 samples tested on hospital wards
[important limitations below]
Air samples tested:
-In ICU, positive test results in "14 samples positive of 40 samples tested
-2 samples positive of 16 samples tested on hospital wards
[important limitations below]
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Limitations:
1. "the results of the nucleic acid test do not indicate the amount of viable virus"
2. "for the unknown minimal infectious dose, the aerosol transmission distance cannot be strictly determined"
Limitations:
1. "the results of the nucleic acid test do not indicate the amount of viable virus"
2. "for the unknown minimal infectious dose, the aerosol transmission distance cannot be strictly determined"
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Take home points:
1. This data is revealing but not sufficient to change current PPE recommendations
2. Wash your hands
3. Do people have hospital shoes and non-hospital shoes? I do.
Take home points:
1. This data is revealing but not sufficient to change current PPE recommendations
2. Wash your hands
3. Do people have hospital shoes and non-hospital shoes? I do.
