@article{1027dd04d6274beb97e758cd42e78656,
title = "Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 environmental contamination in hospital rooms is uncommon using viral culture techniques",
abstract = "We assessed environmental contamination of inpatient rooms housing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients in a dedicated COVID-19 unit. Contamination with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 was found on 5.5% (19/347) of surfaces via reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and 0.3% (1/347) of surfaces via cell culture. Environmental contamination is uncommon in hospitals rooms; RNA presence is not a specific indicator of infectious virus.",
keywords = "COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, environmental contamination, pandemic",
author = "{CDC Prevention Epicenters Program} and Warren, {Bobby G.} and Alicia Nelson and Aaron Barrett and Bechtler Addison and Amanda Graves and Raquel Binder and Gregory Gray and Sarah Lewis and Smith, {Becky A.} and Weber, {David J.} and Sickbert-Bennett, {Emily E.} and Anderson, {Deverick J.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by a grant from the Duke-UNC Prevention Epicenter Program for Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections - Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (grant no. U54CK000483). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 The Author(s).",
year = "2022",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1093/cid/ciac023",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "75",
pages = "E307--E309",
journal = "Clinical Infectious Diseases",
issn = "1058-4838",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "1",
}