Bioaerosol sampling of a ventilated patient with COVID-19

Am J Infect Control. 2020 Dec;48(12):1540-1542. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.07.033. Epub 2020 Aug 4.

Abstract

Bioaerosol samples were collected in an airborne infection isolation room, bathroom, and anteroom of a ventilated patient with coronavirus disease 2019. Twenty-eight samples were negative for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) nucleic acid, possibly due to the patient being on a closed-circuit ventilator or the efficiency of the air exchanges in the room.

Keywords: Airborne transmission; Hospital; Ventilator.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Aerosols
  • Air Microbiology
  • COVID-19 / transmission*
  • COVID-19 / virology
  • Humans
  • Patient Positioning
  • Patients' Rooms
  • Prone Position
  • RNA, Viral / analysis*
  • Respiration, Artificial
  • SARS-CoV-2*
  • Ventilators, Mechanical / virology*

Substances

  • Aerosols
  • RNA, Viral