A simulation study to evaluate improvements in anesthesia work environment contamination after implementation of an infection prevention bundle

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 662-670

  Porteous, Grete H ^a   Bean, Helen A ^a   Woodward, Crystal M ^a   Beecher, Ryan P ^a   Bernstein, Jennifer R ^a   Wilkerson, Sarah ^a   Porteous, Ian ^b   Hsiung, Robert L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GOOGLE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAND SANITIZER;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLEANING; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIDEORECORDING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; CROSS INFECTION; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; OPERATING ROOM; PROCEDURES; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARDS;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; OPERATING ROOMS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 85056530267     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000002764     Document Type: Article

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