Coronavirus viability in surgical plume and methods for safe disposal: a preclinical model

Br J Surg. 2021 Dec 17;109(1):15-20. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab385.

Daryl K A Chia¹, Zhixue Lim², Jia Jun Ang¹, Paul A Tambyah³, Kelly S H Lau⁴, Joe Ong⁴, Vincent T K Chow⁴, David M Allen³, Javis Fung⁵, Kenny J X Lau⁶, Irvan Luhung⁶, Stephan C Schuster⁶, Chuen Neng Lee¹, Guowei Kim^{1

5}, Jimmy B Y So^{1

5

7}, Davide Lomanto^{1

7

8}, Asim Shabbir^{1

5

7}

¹ Department of Surgery, University Surgical Cluster, National University Health System, Singapore.
² Department of Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery, University Orthopaedic, Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgical Cluster, National University Health System, Singapore.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University Medical Cluster, National University Health System, Singapore.
⁴ Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
⁵ Division of General Surgery (Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery), Department of Surgery, University Surgical Cluster, National University Health System, Singapore.
⁶ Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
⁷ Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
⁸ Minimally Invasive Surgical Centre, Department of Surgery, National University Health System, Singapore.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Coronavirus Infections / transmission*
Electrosurgery / adverse effects
Electrosurgery / instrumentation
Electrosurgery / methods*
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / prevention & control*
Laparoscopy / adverse effects
Laparoscopy / instrumentation
Laparoscopy / methods*
Mice
Microbial Viability
Murine hepatitis virus / isolation & purification
Murine hepatitis virus / physiology*
Smoke* / adverse effects
Smoke* / analysis
Smoke* / prevention & control