Journal article
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 within the healthcare environment: a multi-centre study conducted during the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in England
- Abstract:
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Background
Understanding how severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is spread within the hospital setting is essential in order to protect staff, implement effective infection control measures, and prevent nosocomial transmission.
Methods
The presence of SARS-CoV-2 in the air and on environmental surfaces around hospitalized patients, with and without respiratory symptoms, was investigated. Environmental sampling was unde... Expand abstract
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Funding
Medical Research Council
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Hospital Infection Journal website
- Volume:
- 108
- Issue:
- February 2021
- Pages:
- 189-196
- Publication date:
- 2020-11-28
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-11-25
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1532-2939
- ISSN:
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0195-6701
Item Description
- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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1170821
- Local pid:
- pubs:1170821
- Deposit date:
- 2021-04-14
Terms of use
- Copyright holder:
- Moore et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2020
- Rights statement:
- Crown Copyright ©2020 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The Healthcare Infection Society. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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