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Comment
. 2020 Aug;105(4):790-791.
doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.05.022. Epub 2020 May 20.

COVID-19 pandemic - let's not forget surfaces

S Rawlinson  1 , L Ciric  2 , E Cloutman-Green  3
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Comment

COVID-19 pandemic - let's not forget surfaces

S Rawlinson et al. J Hosp Infect. 2020 Aug.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Percentage of positive sites overall and in different areas following daily ward sampling of 44 sites. Light blue bars, immediate bedspace; dark blue bars, wider bedspace; orange bars, clinical areas; grey bars, general ward; green line, overall percentage positive.
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  • Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1.
    van Doremalen N, Bushmaker T, Morris DH, Holbrook MG, Gamble A, Williamson BN, Tamin A, Harcourt JL, Thornburg NJ, Gerber SI, Lloyd-Smith JO, de Wit E, Munster VJ. van Doremalen N, et al. N Engl J Med. 2020 Apr 16;382(16):1564-1567. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2004973. Epub 2020 Mar 17. N Engl J Med. 2020. PMID: 32182409 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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