Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus on Hospital Surfaces

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Authors

Scott F. Dowell · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

James Mark Simmerman · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Dean D. Erdman · Ministry of Public Health

Jianyuan Wu · Department of Disease Control

Achara Chaovavanich · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Javadi · Ministry of Public Health

Jihyun Yang

Abstract

Although the viruses identified may have been noninfectious, health care workers should be aware that SARS coronavirus can contaminate environmental surfaces in the hospital, and fomites should be considered to be a possible mode of transmission of SARS.

Topics & Keywords

Infection Control and Ventilation Infection Control in Healthcare COVID-19 and healthcare impacts

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volume 39, Issue 5, pp. 652-657

DOI: 10.1086/422652

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