Table 2.
Sampling results
| Environmental sites | Number of positive samples/number of total samples (Ct values, ORF1ab/N genes)a |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Room, patient D | Room, patients H/I | All patient rooms | |
| Patients rooms | |||
| 1.Door handle | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/6 |
| 2.Table on bed | 0/1 | – | 0/2 |
| 3.Bed sheet | 1/3 (23.1/−b) | 1/3 (32.9/30.7) | 2/10 |
| 4.Bed rail | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/7 |
| 5.Bedside cabinet | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/9 |
| 6.Floor | – | – | 0/2 |
| 7.Light switch | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/6 |
| 8.Surface of air purifier | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/4 |
| 9.Equipment belt on wall | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/4 |
| 10.Patient mobile phone | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/5 |
| 11.Thermos bottle handle | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/5 |
| 12.Locker | 0/1 | – | 0/2 |
| 13.Pillow | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/6 |
| Toilet area | |||
| 14.Door handle | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/5 |
| 15.Sink internal bowl and drain | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/5 |
| 16.Sink external rim | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/4 |
| 17.Toilet bowl and drain | 0/1 | 1/1 (17.5/25.3) | 1/6 |
| Total, no. (%) | 1/19 (5.3) | 2/22 (9.1) | 3/88 (3.4) |
aCycle threshold (Ct) values of PCR were shown for positive samples, while negative results refer to no amplification at the 40th cycles
bThe N gene was able to be detected at the 42.2th cycle