Aerosol Production During Blood and Urine Pre-analytical Processing and Handling in a Hospital Biochemistry Clinical Laboratory During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
SARS-CoV-2
bioaerosols
blood sample
clinical laboratory
occupational risk
urine sample
Journal
Frontiers in public health
ISSN: 2296-2565
Titre abrégé: Front Public Health
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101616579
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2021
2021
Historique:
received:
18
12
2020
accepted:
25
03
2021
entrez:
10
5
2021
pubmed:
11
5
2021
medline:
13
5
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has created a troublesome issue for employees in biochemistry clinical laboratories due to fears of aerosol generation during sample treatment. This study was designed to assess aerosol production during the pre-analytical procedures for blood and urine samples using a model bacterium. Air sampling and surface swabbing were conducted during four typical procedures. Bacteria were not recovered in any air or surface samples. Other studies have reported low and undetectable SARS-CoV-2 RNA in blood and urine samples, respectively. Therefore, the occupational risk for employees appears to be low in terms of aerosol exposure from processing SARS-CoV-2 patient samples.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33968882
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.643724
pmc: PMC8097034
doi:
Substances chimiques
Aerosols
0
RNA, Viral
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
643724Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 Dubuis and Duchaine.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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