Bacterial burden in the operating room: Impact of airflow systems

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Hirsch, Tobias ^a,b   Hubert, Helmine ^c   Fischer, Sebastian ^b   Lahmer, Armin ^c   Lehnhardt, Marcus ^b   Steinau, Hans Ulrich ^a   Steinstraesser, Lars ^a   Seipp, Hans Martin ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c University of Applied Sciences Giessen Friedberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contamination; Surgery; Surgical site infection; Ventilation systems; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR NOZZLE CANOPY; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; FLOW STABILIZER; GENERAL DEVICE; INCISION; LOW TURBULENCE DISPLACEMENT AIRFLOW; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PROTECTION; SEDIMENTATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; VENTILATOR; WINDOW BASED VENTILATION;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; VENTILATION;

EID: 84865744187     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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