Infectious risk factors related to operating rooms

Pittet, Didier; Ducel, G.

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Title		Infectious risk factors related to operating rooms
Authors		Pittet, Didier Ducel, G.
Published in		Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 1994, vol. 15, no. 7, p. 456-462
Abstract		Risk factors related to operating rooms include patient-associated risks, the operating room environment, ventilation systems, cleansing and sterilization, and operating room personnel. Although constantly debated, surgical wound infection surveillance with appropriate feedback to surgeons is one of the few effective measures that helps reduce surgical infection rates, and we strongly recommend its use. We also recommend the further study of other potential components of effective infection control programs for surgical patients.
Keywords		Air Microbiology — Cross Infection/ epidemiology/prevention & control — Humans — Infection Control — Operating Rooms/ statistics & numerical data — Personnel, Hospital/standards — Risk Factors — Surgical Wound Infection/ epidemiology/prevention & control — Ventilation
Identifiers		PMID: 7963437
Full text		Article - Limited access to UNIGE Other version: http://www.jstor.org/stable/30148495
Structures		Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine
Research group		Staphylocoques dorés résistants à la méthicilline et hygiène hospitalière (330)
Citation (ISO format)		PITTET, Didier, DUCEL, G. Infectious risk factors related to operating rooms. In: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 1994, vol. 15, n° 7, p. 456-462. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:7499