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Severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) surface contamination in staff common areas and impact on healthcare worker infection: Prospective surveillance during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

Part of: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2021

Helen L. Zhang Open the ORCID record for Helen L. Zhang [Opens in a new window] ,
Brendan J. Kelly ,
Michael Z. David ,
Ebbing Lautenbach ,
Elizabeth Huang ,
Selamawit Bekele ,
Pam Tolomeo Open the ORCID record for Pam Tolomeo [Opens in a new window] ,
Emily Reesey ,
Sean Loughrey  and
David Pegues Open the ORCID record for David Pegues [Opens in a new window]
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Helen L. Zhang*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Brendan J. Kelly
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Michael Z. David
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ebbing Lautenbach
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Huang
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Selamawit Bekele
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pam Tolomeo
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Emily Reesey
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sean Loughrey
Affiliation:
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
David Pegues
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, Infection Prevention and Control, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Matthew J. Ziegler
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, Infection Prevention and Control, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Author for correspondence: Helen L. Zhang, E-mail: helen.zhang1@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
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Abstract

We prospectively surveyed SARS-CoV-2 RNA contamination in staff common areas within an acute-care hospital. An increasing prevalence of surface contamination was detected over time. Adjusting for patient census or community incidence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the proportion of contaminated surfaces did not predict healthcare worker COVID-19 infection on study units.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , January 2023 , pp. 110 - 113
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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