Traffic flow in the operating room: An explorative and descriptive study on air quality during orthopedic trauma implant surgery

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 750-755

  Andersson, Annette Erichsen ^a,b   Bergh, Ingrid ^c   Karlsson, Jón ^b,d   Eriksson, Bengt I ^b,d   Nilsson, Kerstin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air sampling; Colony forming units; Door opening; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; INFECTION PREVENTION; OPERATING ROOM; ROOM VENTILATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL WOUND;

AIR; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DATA COLLECTION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; ORTHOPEDICS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; VENTILATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84867087390     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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