Safety by design: Effects of operating room floor marking on the position of surgical devices to promote clean air flow compliance and minimise infection risks

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 746-752

  De Korne, Dirk F ^a   Van Wijngaarden, Jeroen D H ^a   Van Rooij, Jeroen ^b   Wauben, Linda S G L ^c   Hiddema, U Frans ^b   Klazinga, Niek S ^d  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LAMINAR AIRFLOW; LAMINAR FLOW; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; OPERATING TABLE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AWARENESS; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; OPERATING ROOMS; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 84866524762     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000138     Document Type: Article

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