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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| author | Jessica Y. Choi Jessica Y. Choi Juliana Zemke Juliana Zemke Sarah E. Philo Sarah E. Philo Emily S. Bailey Emily S. Bailey Myagmarsukh Yondon Myagmarsukh Yondon Gregory C. Gray Gregory C. Gray Gregory C. Gray Gregory C. Gray |
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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 | doaj.art-e35510ce7b7443b08c0c4e92431974802022-12-21T18:19:31ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652018-06-01610.3389/fpubh.2018.00174380619Aerosol Sampling in a Hospital Emergency Room Setting: A Complementary Surveillance Method for the Detection of Respiratory VirusesJessica Y. Choi0Jessica Y. Choi1Juliana Zemke2Juliana Zemke3Sarah E. Philo4Sarah E. Philo5Emily S. Bailey6Emily S. Bailey7Myagmarsukh Yondon8Myagmarsukh Yondon9Gregory C. Gray10Gregory C. Gray11Gregory C. Gray12Gregory C. Gray13Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, United StatesDivision of Infectious Diseases, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United StatesDuke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, United StatesDivision of Infectious Diseases, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United StatesDuke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, United StatesDivision of Infectious Diseases, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United StatesDuke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, United StatesDivision of Infectious Diseases, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United StatesDuke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, United StatesDivision of Infectious Diseases, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United StatesDuke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, United StatesDivision of Infectious Diseases, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United StatesGlobal Health Research Center, Duke-Kunshan University, Kunshan, ChinaEmerging Infectious Diseases Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, SingaporeThis 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.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00174/fullinfectious aerosolsbioaerosol samplingemergency servicehospitalepidemiologyrespiratory viruses |
| spellingShingle | Jessica Y. Choi Jessica Y. Choi Juliana Zemke Juliana Zemke Sarah E. Philo Sarah E. Philo Emily S. Bailey Emily S. Bailey Myagmarsukh Yondon Myagmarsukh Yondon Gregory C. Gray Gregory C. Gray Gregory C. Gray Gregory C. Gray Aerosol Sampling in a Hospital Emergency Room Setting: A Complementary Surveillance Method for the Detection of Respiratory Viruses Frontiers in Public Health infectious aerosols bioaerosol sampling emergency service hospital epidemiology 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 | infectious aerosols bioaerosol sampling emergency service hospital epidemiology respiratory viruses |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00174/full |
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