Abstract
Little is known about contaminated surfaces as a route of transmission for SARS-CoV- 2 and a systematic review is missing and urgently needed to provide guidelines for future research studies. As such, the aim of the present study was to review the current scientific knowledge and to summarize the existing studies in which SARS-CoV-2 has been detected in inanimate surfaces. This systematic review includes studies since the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, available in PubMed/MEDLINE and Scopus. Duplicate publications were removed, and exclusion criteria was applied to eliminate unrelated studies, resulting in 37 eligible publications. The present study provides the first overview of SARS-CoV-2 detection in surfaces. The highest detection rates occurred in hospitals and healthcare facilities with COVID-19 patients. Contamination with SARS-CoV-2 on surfaces was detected in a wide range of facilities and surfaces. There is a lack of studies performing viability testing for SARS-CoV-2 recovered from surfaces, and consequently it is not yet possible to assess the potential for transmission via surfaces.
Keywords: COVID-19; Environmental contamination; Environmental health; Public health; SARS-CoV-2.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, public health, SARS-CoV-2, environmental contamination, environmental health, 【초록키워드】 public health, SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, knowledge, hospital, systematic review, Transmission, SARS-CoV-2 detection, Contamination, viability, environmental health, detection rate, patients, COVID-19 patients, exclusion criteria, contaminated surfaces, route, future research studies, healthcare facility, Public, contaminated surface, highest, resulting, lack, occurred, include, applied, provide, eligible, potential for transmission, with COVID-19, 【제목키워드】 surface,