SARS-CoV-2 : a critical review of preventive and control measures in the context of the virus' characteristics

Alič, Manca (avtor), Ovca, Andrej (avtor)

The year 2020 has been marked by the novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes coronavirus disease COVID-19. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global pandemic on the 11th of March 2020 due to the spread of this very contagious virus throughout the world. Since the outbreak, we have gained many insights about the virus, its presence and persistence in the environment and its possible and most common transmission routes. Such knowledge about the virus is invaluable for establishing effective preventive and control measures (also referred to as Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs)) that have become a key to tackling this pandemic in the absence of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. In this review, we discuss five main groups of NPIs: 1) ventilation, 2) cleaning and disinfection, 3) hand hygiene, 4) physical distancing, and 5) protective masks. We explore their shortcomings and potential negative consequences that might occur as unwanted side effects.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: SARS-CoV-2, transmission routes, presence, persistence, preventive measures, NPIs
• Tipologija: 1.02 - Pregledni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: ZF - Zdravstvena fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2020
• Št. strani: Str. 17-39
• Številčenje: Vol. 14, no. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-125879
• UDK: 614.44:616-036.22
• ISSN pri članku: 1854-0678
• DOI: 10.2478/ijser-2020-0003
• COBISS.SI-ID: 58862851
• Datum objave v RUL: 09.04.2021

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Sanitarno inženirstvo
• Založnik: Inštitut za sanitarno inženirstvo, Zbornica sanitarnih inženirjev Slovenije
• ISSN: 1854-0678
• COBISS.SI-ID: 216969216

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno-Brez predelav 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: Najbolj omejujoča licenca Creative Commons. Uporabniki lahko prenesejo in delijo delo v nekomercialne namene in ga ne smejo uporabiti za nobene druge namene.
• Začetek licenciranja: 09.04.2021

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: SARS-CoV-2, poti prenosa, prisotnost, obstojnost, preventivni ukrepi

Projekti

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P3-0388
• Naslov: Mehanizmi varovanja zdravja