Table 1.
Sampling locations
Location code | Brief description | Details |
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ED | Emergency department provider workstation | Provider computer workstation across from two-negative pressure rooms used for suspect COVID-19 patients |
ICU | Outside entrance door to COVID-19 ICU | In a corridor outside main entrance to the COVID-19 medical ICU |
CW1 | Corridor outside COVID-19 ward entrance | Midway through the study (May 12–18, 2020), this location was closed and cleaned; vacant on May 19; and later opened May 20 as a non-COVID-19 ward that includes a smaller unit that cared for suspected COVID-19 patients |
CW2 | PPE donning room outside COVID-19 ward | PPE donning room that exits into a corridor to a second COVID-19 medical ward |
NCW | Nursing workstation in non-COVID-19 ward | Open work area with computer workstation to chart patient notes and exchange information at shift changes |
ED emergency department, ICU intensive care unit, CW1 COVID-19 Ward 1, CW2 COVID-19 Ward 2, NCW non-COVID-19 Ward