The dynamics and implications of bacterial transmission events arising from the anesthesia work area.
Anesth Analg
; 120(4): 853-60, 2015 Apr.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25790210
ABSTRACT
Health care-associated infections are a hospital-wide concern associated with a significant increase in patient morbidity, mortality, and health care costs. Bacterial transmission in the anesthesia work area of the operating room environment is a root cause of 30-day postoperative infections affecting as many as 16% of patients undergoing surgery. A better understanding of anesthesia-related bacterial transmission dynamics may help to generate improvements in intraoperative infection control and improve patient safety.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cross Infection
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Anesthesia
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Anesthesiology
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Anesth Analg
Year:
2015
Type:
Article