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. 2022 Jan 29;209:112790. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.112790

Table 8.

Overall performance of each SARS-CoV-2 environmental sampling method.

Number of samples performed Negatives (%) Positives (%) Notes
Wipe test 29 24 (83%) 5 (17%) 1°+3°°+1°°°
Bubbler sampling 14 7 (50%) 7 (50%) 1* + 2**+1*** + 1****+2****
Membrane sampling 4 4 (100%) 0 (0%)
Challenge test 35 31 (89%) 4 (11%) 2§ + 1§§+1§§§
Total 82 66 (80%) 16 (20%)

Notes.

° CPAP Rep Emergency.

°° DEA Distance <1 m from patient.

°°° M Inf Distance <1 m from patient.

* DEA Distance <1 m from patient.

** DEA Distance <2 m height 1.5 m (negative at height 2.5 m).

*** DEA Distance <1 m from patient, height 80 cm.

**** DEA <1 m from patient, height 80 cm.

****M Inf <1 m from patients at 0.6 m height; <2 m in patients at 1.5 m of height.

§ Distance <1 m from patient.

§§ <1 m from patient, height 80 cm.

§§§ <1 m from patients at 0.6 m in height.