Potential spreading risks and disinfection challenges of medical wastewater by the presence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral RNA in septic tanks of Fangcang Hospital

  1. Dayi Zhang
  2. Haibo Ling
  3. Xia Huang
  4. Jing Li
  5. Weiwei Li
  6. Chuan Yi
  7. Ting Zhang
  8. Yongzhong Jiang
  9. Yuning He
  10. Songqiang Deng
  11. Xian Zhang
  12. Xinzi Wang
  13. Yi Liu
  14. Guanghe Li
  15. Jiuhui Qu

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    SciScore for 10.1101/2020.04.28.20083832: (What is this?)

    Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.

    Table 1: Rigor

    Institutional Review Board Statementnot detected.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    No key resources detected.

    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).

    Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:
    Owing to the operational limitations during the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan and restricted sample transport to other laboratories, this study did not demonstrate viral viability after disinfection by viral culture. Additionally, disinfection operations in septic tanks of Wuchang Fangcang Hospital were strictly controlled by government officials that we could not collect more samples or explore the optimal dosage of sodium hypochlorite for complete removal of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA with minimal DBPs. This work attempts to give initial information about the potential risks of viral spread and DBPs residues during disinfection processes for medical wastewater containing SARS-CoV-2, and further studies are required to confirm these preliminary results.

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.

    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.

    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.

    Results from rtransparent:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • Thank you for including a funding statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

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  2. Version published to 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140445
  3. Version published to 10.1101/2020.04.28.20083832v2 on medRxiv
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