What Scientists Found on Surfaces in Monkeypox Patient Hospital Rooms
http://www.newsweek.com/monkeypox-found-surfaces-hospital-rooms-study-1721750
Scientists have detected the monkeypox virus lying on surfaces of two hospital rooms, according to a new study.
Lead author Dominik Nörz swabbed the surfaces of two rooms holding hospitalized monkeypox patients in Germany, and the adjacent anterooms, where staff would change in and out of personal protective equipment (PPE). The findings showed that all surfaces "directly touched" by the patients' hands had viral contamination. The scientists found the highest viral loads on the surfaces of the patients' bathrooms.
What Scientists Found on Surfaces in Monkeypox Patient Hospital Rooms
Jul 5, 2022, 3:51pm UTC
http://www.newsweek.com/monkeypox-found-surfaces-hospital-rooms-study-1721750
> Scientists have detected the monkeypox virus lying on surfaces of two hospital rooms, according to a new study.
> Lead author Dominik Nörz swabbed the surfaces of two rooms holding hospitalized monkeypox patients in Germany, and the adjacent anterooms, where staff would change in and out of personal protective equipment (PPE). The findings showed that all surfaces "directly touched" by the patients' hands had viral contamination. The scientists found the highest viral loads on the surfaces of the patients' bathrooms.