Hand hygiene and aseptic techniques during routine anesthetic care - observations in the operating room

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Megeus, Veronika ^a,b   Nilsson, Kerstin ^a   Karlsson, Jon ^b,c   Eriksson, Bengt I ^b,c   Andersson, Annette Erichsen ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d Swedish Institute for Health Sciences   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SEDATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWEDEN; UROLOGIC SURGERY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84938484002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13756-015-0042-y     Document Type: Article

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