# COVID 19: Is SARS-CoV-2 Contaminating Surgical Aerosols From Laparoscopy and Open Abdominal Surgery?

> **NCT04444687** · — · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland**

## Conditions studied

- COVID

## Interventions

- **DIAGNOSTIC_TEST:** Test for SARS-CoV-2

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04444687
- **Lead sponsor:** University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2020-08
- **Primary completion:** 2020-12
- **Final completion:** 2021-02
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** No patients
- **Last updated:** 2022-05-23


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04444687

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04444687, "COVID 19: Is SARS-CoV-2 Contaminating Surgical Aerosols From Laparoscopy and Open Abdominal Surgery?". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04444687. Licensed CC0.

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