Surface Sampling of MERS-CoV in Health Care Settings: A Practical “How to” Protocol for Health Care and Public Health Professionals
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Surface Sampling of MERS-CoV in Health Care Settings: A Practical “How to” Protocol for Health Care and Public Health Professionals
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WHO Draft MERS-CoV Surface sampling of MERS-CoV in health care settings:A practical “how to” protocol for health care and public health professionals, June 2019
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This document was conceived at a meeting on the Environmental Contamination Studies of MERS-CoV in Health Care Settings co-hosted by WHO and The University of Hong Kong on 13-14 March 2017.The participants of this meeting are listed at the end of the document. This protocol was developed by Reina Sikkema, Chantal Reusken, Pieter Fraaij, Bart Haagmans and Marion Koopmans from Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with input and reviews provided by WHO and a large number of respiratory disease experts (see acknowledgements at the end). This work was supported by the European Commission's H2020 program under contract number 643476 and US Agency for International Development (USAID).
Date
2019-06
Objectives
The protocol provides health care and public health professionals guidance on how to investigate the role of environmental contamination during outbreaks of MERS-CoV in a health care setting where a patient infected with MERS-CoV is currently being treated. The results from such studies will be used in risk assessment and risk management of MERS-CoV hospital-acquired infections, but also for guiding the implementation and monitoring of effectiveness of infection prevention and control measures.
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