Interactions between anesthesiologists and the environment while providing anesthesia care in the operating room

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 922-924

  Munoz Price, L Silvia ^a,b   Lubarsky, David A ^a   Arheart, Kristopher L ^a   Prado, Guillermo ^a   Cleary, Timothy ^a   Fajardo Aquino, Yovanit ^b   DePascale, Dennise ^b   Eber, Scott ^a   Carling, Philip ^c   Birnbach, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia providers Environmental contacts Hand hygiene Intraoperative

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA GAS MACHINE; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; KEYBOARD; OPERATING ROOM; SURGICAL GLOVE;

ANESTHESIA PROVIDERS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTACTS; HAND HYGIENE; INTRAOPERATIVE;

ANESTHESIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84884851459     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.03.306     Document Type: Article

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