Detection of COVID-19 viral material on environmental surfaces of an ophthalmology exam room

What The Study Says: This study investigates the presence of SARS-CoV-2 on the environmental surfaces of an ophthalmology examination room after visits by patients who were asymptomatic and passed COVID-19 triage.

Authors: Hasan Ayto?an, M.D., of the ?zmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital in ?zmir, Turkey, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.3154)

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