Surgical attire and the operating room: Role in infection prevention

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - American Volume

Volumn 96, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 1485-1492

  Salassa, Tiare E ^a   Swiontkowski, Marc F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEAD COVERING; HISTORY; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIQUID; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; OPERATING ROOM TRAFFIC; OPERATING TABLE; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REDUCTION; REVIEW; SURGICAL ATTIRE; SURGICAL DRAPE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL GLOVE; SURGICAL GOWN; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MASK; SURGICAL SCRUB; TRAFFIC; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; PATIENT SAFETY; STANDARD;

ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT SAFETY; SURGICAL ATTIRE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84907211024     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.M.01133     Document Type: Review

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