Bioaerosol sampling of a ventilated patient with COVID-19

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2020.07.033
• Publication Date: 2020-08-04T15:33:50Z
• Authors: Morgan A. Lane; Erik A. Brownsword; Jill S. Morgan; Ahmed Babiker; Sharon A. Vanairs...; G. Marshall Lyon; Aneesh K. Mehta; Jess M. Ingersoll; William G. Lindsley; Colleen S. Kraft
• Keywords: Aerosols; Ventilators, Mechanical; Epidemiology; SARS-CoV-2; Health Policy; Brief Report; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Air Microbiology; COVID-19; Respiration, Artificial; 01 natural sciences; Patient Positioning; 3. Good health; Infectious Diseases; Patients' Rooms; Prone Position; Humans; RNA, Viral; 0105 earth and related environmental sciences

Bioaerosol samples were collected in an airborne infection isolation room, bathroom, and anteroom of a ventilated patient with coronavirus disease 2019. Twenty-eight samples were negative for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) nucleic acid, possibly due to the patient being on a closed-circuit ventilator or the efficiency of the air exchanges in the room.