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cord-342277-v6310fjh	Carducci, A.	Environmental survey to assess viral contamination of air and surfaces in hospital settings	2011-01-31		.txt	text/plain	3031	166	46	The aim of this study was to monitor surfaces and air in hospital settings to reveal the presence of hepatitis C virus, human adenovirus, norovirus, human rotavirus and torque teno virus by nucleic acid assays, in parallel with measurements of total bacterial count and haemoglobin presence. Moreover, viral agents transmitted via the faecaleoral route, such as rotavirus, human adenovirus 40 and 41 and norovirus, are frequently associated with healthcare setting infections spread by air, hand and surface contamination. The nucleic acids extracted from samples were analysed according to published protocols of nested (RT)ePCR to detect and distinguish the target viruses: the primers, virus genome regions and reaction conditions are reported in Table I . Although this is particularly true for viruses, where detection on surfaces and in air is very difficult, the low reliability of bacterial counts as indicators of viral contamination, suggests studying alternative parameters for assessing virological safety.	./cache/cord-342277-v6310fjh.txt	./txt/cord-342277-v6310fjh.txt