Operating room management: Operative suite considerations, infection control

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1291-1297

  Allo, Maria D ^a,b   Tedesco, Maureen ^c  

^a SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIRBORNE INFECTION; AIRFLOW; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; OPERATING ROOM; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STORAGE;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANTISEPSIS; CROSS INFECTION; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MAINTENANCE AND ENGINEERING, HOSPITAL; MALE; OPERATING ROOMS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTILATION;

EID: 28544441139     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2005.09.001     Document Type: Review

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