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SARS-CoV-2 has been detected in the air in several healthcare settings involved in managing COVID-19 patients with SARS-CoV-2 nosocomial transmission reported among healthcare workers and patients throughout the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. As a result, AGPs have seemed risky, and thereby measures have been enforced to limit their applications in healthcare settings; however, the factors that facilitate nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 transmission have not been completely understood.
About the study In the present study, researchers assessed the prevalence of aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 in the rooms of SARS-CoV-2-positive patients requiring AGP or oxygen supplementation compared to those on room air. Ct values among the five samples ranged between 22 at a nursing station where samples were positive for all SARS-CoV-2 genes tested and 35 among SARS-CoV-2 RNA-positive samples obtained from nursing stations and shared bathrooms. In addition, the SARS-CoV-2 RNA-positive sample obtained from the ITU bay showed SARS-CoV-2 ORF1 and N gene positivity.
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