Air contamination for predicting wound contamination in clean surgery: A large multicenter study

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 516-521

  Birgand, Gabriel ^a,b   Toupet, Gaëlle ^a   Rukly, Stephane ^a,b   Antoniotti, Gilles ^c   Deschamps, Marie Noelle ^d   Lepelletier, Didier ^e   Pornet, Carole ^f   Stern, Jean Baptiste ^g   Vandamme, Yves Marie ^h   Van Der Mee Marquet, Nathalie ⁱ   Timsit, Jean François ^a,b   Lucet, Jean Christophe ^a,b  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c Private Hospital   (France)

^d Clinique Hartmann   (France)

^e NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g INSTITUT MUTUALISTE MONTSOURIS   (France)

^h ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental contamination; Infectious risk; Laminar airflow; Operating room; Surgical site infection; Ventilation systems

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PARTICLE SIZE; ROOM VENTILATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; MICROBIOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SURGERY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84929516208     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.01.026     Document Type: Article

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