Cargando…

Do we cause false positives? An experimental series on droplet or airborne SARS-CoV-2 contamination of sampling tubes during swab collection in a test center

The rapid spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic urged immense testing capacities as one cornerstone of infection control. Many institutions opened outpatient SARS-CoV-2 test centers to allow large number of tests in comparatively short time frames. With increasing positive test rates, conc...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Scheier, Thomas, Shah, Cyril, Huber, Michael, Sax, Hugo, Hasse, Barbara, Günthard, Huldrych F., Trkola, Alexandra, Schreiber, Peter W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7941134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33750477
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-021-00920-z