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Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 in hospital indoor air of COVID-19 patients’ ward with impinger method
In December 2019, all nations learnt about the emergence of a pandemic of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), induced by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is a member of the β-coronavirus group. As SARS-CoV-2 has the potentiality of leading to life-threatening respi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8100364/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33956316 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14260-3 |
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author | Vosoughi, Mehdi Karami, Chiman Dargahi, Abdollah Jeddi, Farhad Jalali, Kamyar Mazloum Hadisi, Aidin Haghighi, Somayeh Biparva Dogahe, Hadi Peeri Noorimotlagh, Zahra Mirzaee, Seyyed Abbas |
author_facet | Vosoughi, Mehdi Karami, Chiman Dargahi, Abdollah Jeddi, Farhad Jalali, Kamyar Mazloum Hadisi, Aidin Haghighi, Somayeh Biparva Dogahe, Hadi Peeri Noorimotlagh, Zahra Mirzaee, Seyyed Abbas |
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description | In December 2019, all nations learnt about the emergence of a pandemic of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), induced by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is a member of the β-coronavirus group. As SARS-CoV-2 has the potentiality of leading to life-threatening respiratory failure, its transmission routes need to be characterized. Yet, the possibility of airborne transmission is still debated. This study was performed to evaluate potential hospital indoor air viral quality in order to detect SARS-COV-2. For this purpose, an impinger method was used to monitor the SARS-COV-2 virus in the air. Thus, 33 samples were collected from 8 different hospital locations. The sampling time was between 50 and 60 min with a sampling flow rate of 28 L/min. Air samples were taken from 2 to 5 m away from the patients’ beds. Temperature, relative humidity, and CO(2) concentration were 28, 37, and 438 ppm, respectively. The results indicated that air samples which were 2 to 5 m away from the patients’ beds were negative for the presence of the virus. According to the obtained results, it is suggested that airborne transmission may not have much effect on this pandemic. However, as the patients with SARS-CoV-2 were hospitalized in rooms with negative air pressure, the results might have been negatively affected. [Figure: see text] |
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spelling | pubmed-81003642021-05-06 Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 in hospital indoor air of COVID-19 patients’ ward with impinger method Vosoughi, Mehdi Karami, Chiman Dargahi, Abdollah Jeddi, Farhad Jalali, Kamyar Mazloum Hadisi, Aidin Haghighi, Somayeh Biparva Dogahe, Hadi Peeri Noorimotlagh, Zahra Mirzaee, Seyyed Abbas Environ Sci Pollut Res Int Research Article In December 2019, all nations learnt about the emergence of a pandemic of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), induced by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is a member of the β-coronavirus group. As SARS-CoV-2 has the potentiality of leading to life-threatening respiratory failure, its transmission routes need to be characterized. Yet, the possibility of airborne transmission is still debated. This study was performed to evaluate potential hospital indoor air viral quality in order to detect SARS-COV-2. For this purpose, an impinger method was used to monitor the SARS-COV-2 virus in the air. Thus, 33 samples were collected from 8 different hospital locations. The sampling time was between 50 and 60 min with a sampling flow rate of 28 L/min. Air samples were taken from 2 to 5 m away from the patients’ beds. Temperature, relative humidity, and CO(2) concentration were 28, 37, and 438 ppm, respectively. The results indicated that air samples which were 2 to 5 m away from the patients’ beds were negative for the presence of the virus. According to the obtained results, it is suggested that airborne transmission may not have much effect on this pandemic. However, as the patients with SARS-CoV-2 were hospitalized in rooms with negative air pressure, the results might have been negatively affected. [Figure: see text] Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021-05-06 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8100364/ /pubmed/33956316 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14260-3 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Vosoughi, Mehdi Karami, Chiman Dargahi, Abdollah Jeddi, Farhad Jalali, Kamyar Mazloum Hadisi, Aidin Haghighi, Somayeh Biparva Dogahe, Hadi Peeri Noorimotlagh, Zahra Mirzaee, Seyyed Abbas Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 in hospital indoor air of COVID-19 patients’ ward with impinger method |
title | Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 in hospital indoor air of COVID-19 patients’ ward with impinger method |
title_full | Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 in hospital indoor air of COVID-19 patients’ ward with impinger method |
title_fullStr | Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 in hospital indoor air of COVID-19 patients’ ward with impinger method |
title_full_unstemmed | Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 in hospital indoor air of COVID-19 patients’ ward with impinger method |
title_short | Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 in hospital indoor air of COVID-19 patients’ ward with impinger method |
title_sort | investigation of sars-cov-2 in hospital indoor air of covid-19 patients’ ward with impinger method |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8100364/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33956316 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14260-3 |
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