Measurement of foot traffic in the operating foom: Implications for infection control

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-52

  Lynch, Raymond J ^a,b   Englesbe, Michael J ^a,b,d   Sturm, Lisa ^a,b   Bitar, Amira ^a,b   Budhiraj, Karn ^a,b   Kolla, Sandeep ^a,b   Polyachenko, Yuliya ^a,b   Duck, Mary G ^a,b   Campbell Jr , Darrell A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*

^c Division of Medical Assistance   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Door opening; Foot traffic; Hospital operations; Operating room; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; MICHIGAN; OPERATING ROOMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 58149510183     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860608326419     Document Type: Article

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