Bacterial Contamination of the Anesthesia Workplace and Efficiency of Routine Cleaning Procedures: A Prospective Cohort Study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1444-1447

  Goebel, Ulrich ^a   Gebele, Nicole ^a   Ebner, Winfried ^a   Dettenkofer, Markus ^b   Bürkle, Hartmut ^a   Hauschke, Dieter ^c   Schulz Stübner, Sebastian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Gesundheitsverbund Landkreis Konstanz   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d Deutsches Beratungszentrum für Hygiene BZH GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL LOAD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MICROBIOLOGY; NURSE ANESTHETIST; OPERATING ROOM; PROCEDURES; PRODUCTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTOR; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WORKPLACE;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; BACTERIAL LOAD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; DECONTAMINATION; EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; OPERATING ROOMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84964506125     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000001220     Document Type: Conference Paper

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