Open AccessThe Removal of Airborne Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Other Microbial Bioaerosols by Air Filtration on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Surge Units
Author(s) -
Andrew Conway Morris,
Katherine Sharrocks,
Rachel Bousfield,
Leanne M. Kermack,
Mailis Maes,
Ellen Higginson,
Sally Forrest,
Joannna Pereira-Dias,
Claire Cormie,
Timothy Old,
Sophie Brooks,
Islam Hamed,
Alicia Koenig,
Andrew Turner,
Paul F. White,
R. Andres Floto,
Gordon Dougan,
Effrossyni GkraniaKlotsas,
Theodore Gouliouris,
Stephen Baker,
Vilas Navapurkar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases/clinical infectious diseases (online. university of chicago. press)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciab933
Subject(s) - indoor bioaerosol , hepa , covid-19 , coronavirus , bioaerosol , air filtration , filtration (mathematics) , medicine , airborne transmission , air filter , betacoronavirus , virology , filter (signal processing) , environmental science , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology , chemistry , environmental engineering , indoor air quality , aerosol , ecology , mathematics , computer science , engineering , computer vision , inlet , mechanical engineering , statistics , organic chemistry
Airborne severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was detected in a coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) ward before activation of HEPA-air filtration but not during filter operation; SARS-CoV-2 was again detected following filter deactivation. Airborne SARS-CoV-2 was infrequently detected in a COVID-19 intensive care unit. Bioaerosol was also effectively filtered.