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Virus DNA spread across surfaces in hospital over 10 hours

10 June 2020

Virus DNA left on a hospital bed rail was found in nearly half of all sites sampled across a ward within 10 hours and persisted for at least five days, according to a new study by Dr Lena Ciric, Stacey Rawlinson (UCL CEGE) and Dr Elaine Cloutman-Green (GOSH and UCL CEGE).

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