SARS-CoV-2 burden on the floor was associated with COVID-19 cases and outbreaks in two acute care hospitals: a prospective cohort study
Viral burden of SARS-CoV-2 on floors, even in healthcare worker-only areas, was strongly associated with COVID-19 outbreaks in those hospital wards. Built environment sampling may support hospital COVID-19 outbreak identification, fill gaps in traditional surveillance, and guide infection prevention and control measures.
Authors
- Lucas Castellani
- Jason Moggridge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1291-5868)
- Bryan Feenstra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3303-2776)
- Allison McGeer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5647-6137)
- Derek R. MacFadden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3838-1211)
- Hebah Mejbel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5737-7608)
- Nisha Thampi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0208-6277)
- Aaron Hinz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4438-7043)
- Rees Kassen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5617-4259)
- Sawith Abeygunawardena (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7909-0207)
- Alex Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6249-3013)
- Laura A. Hug (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5974-9428)
- Tamara Van Bakel
- Tasha Burhunduli
- Michael Fralick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2082-2445)
- Caroline Nott
- Makenna Wiebe
- Alexandra M.A. Hicks
Institutions
- University of Waterloo (CA)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute (CA)
- Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario (CA)
- Ottawa Hospital (CA)
- Sault Area Hospital (CA)
- Sinai Health System (CA)
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (CA)
- McGill University (CA)
- Carleton University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2024-09-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2024.121
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.17