Aerosol Sampling in a Hospital Emergency Room Setting: A Complementary Surveillance Method for the Detection of Respiratory Viruses

This study aimed to evaluate environmental air sampling as an alternative form of active surveillance for respiratory pathogens in clinical settings. Samples were collected from three locations in the Emergency Department at Duke University Hospital Systems from October 2017 to March 2018. Of the 44...

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Autores principales: Choi, Jessica Y., Zemke, Juliana, Philo, Sarah E., Bailey, Emily S., Yondon, Myagmarsukh, Gray, Gregory C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Public Health
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6011129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29963543
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00174
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author Choi, Jessica Y.
Zemke, Juliana
Philo, Sarah E.
Bailey, Emily S.
Yondon, Myagmarsukh
Gray, Gregory C.
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description This study aimed to evaluate environmental air sampling as an alternative form of active surveillance for respiratory pathogens in clinical settings. Samples were collected from three locations in the Emergency Department at Duke University Hospital Systems from October 2017 to March 2018. Of the 44 samples collected, 12 were positive for known respiratory pathogens including influenza A, influenza D, and adenovirus. Results suggest bioaerosol sampling may serve as a complement to active surveillance in clinical settings. Additionally, since respiratory viruses were detected in aerosol samples, our results suggest that hospital infection control measures, including the use of N95 respirators, could be used to limit the spread of infectious viruses in the air.
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spelling pubmed-60111292018-06-29 Aerosol Sampling in a Hospital Emergency Room Setting: A Complementary Surveillance Method for the Detection of Respiratory Viruses Choi, Jessica Y. Zemke, Juliana Philo, Sarah E. Bailey, Emily S. Yondon, Myagmarsukh Gray, Gregory C. Front Public Health Public Health This study aimed to evaluate environmental air sampling as an alternative form of active surveillance for respiratory pathogens in clinical settings. Samples were collected from three locations in the Emergency Department at Duke University Hospital Systems from October 2017 to March 2018. Of the 44 samples collected, 12 were positive for known respiratory pathogens including influenza A, influenza D, and adenovirus. Results suggest bioaerosol sampling may serve as a complement to active surveillance in clinical settings. Additionally, since respiratory viruses were detected in aerosol samples, our results suggest that hospital infection control measures, including the use of N95 respirators, could be used to limit the spread of infectious viruses in the air. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6011129/ /pubmed/29963543 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00174 Text en Copyright © 2018 Choi, Zemke, Philo, Bailey, Yondon and Gray. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Choi, Jessica Y.
Zemke, Juliana
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Bailey, Emily S.
Yondon, Myagmarsukh
Gray, Gregory C.
Aerosol Sampling in a Hospital Emergency Room Setting: A Complementary Surveillance Method for the Detection of Respiratory Viruses
title Aerosol Sampling in a Hospital Emergency Room Setting: A Complementary Surveillance Method for the Detection of Respiratory Viruses
title_full Aerosol Sampling in a Hospital Emergency Room Setting: A Complementary Surveillance Method for the Detection of Respiratory Viruses
title_fullStr Aerosol Sampling in a Hospital Emergency Room Setting: A Complementary Surveillance Method for the Detection of Respiratory Viruses
title_full_unstemmed Aerosol Sampling in a Hospital Emergency Room Setting: A Complementary Surveillance Method for the Detection of Respiratory Viruses
title_short Aerosol Sampling in a Hospital Emergency Room Setting: A Complementary Surveillance Method for the Detection of Respiratory Viruses
title_sort aerosol sampling in a hospital emergency room setting: a complementary surveillance method for the detection of respiratory viruses
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6011129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29963543
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00174
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