Single-use surgical clothing system for reduction of airborne bacteria in the operating room
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2013

It is desirable to maintain a low bacterial count in the operating room air to prevent surgical site infection. This can be achieved by ventilation or by all staff in the operating room wearing clothes made from low-permeable material (i.e. clean air suits). We investigated whether there was a difference in protective efficacy between a single-use clothing system made of polypropylene and a reusable clothing system made of a mixed material (cotton/polyester) by testing both in a dispersal chamber and during surgical procedures. Counts of colony-forming units (cfu)/m(3) air were significantly lower when using the single-use clothing system in both settings.

Single-use

Surgical clothing

Orthopaedic surgery

Författare

A. Tammelin

Karolinska Institutet

Bengt Ljungqvist

Chalmers, Energi och miljö, Installationsteknik

Berit Reinmüller

Chalmers, Energi och miljö, Installationsteknik

Journal of Hospital Infection

0195-6701 (ISSN) 15322939 (eISSN)

Vol. 84 3 245-247

Drivkrafter

Hållbar utveckling

Styrkeområden

Building Futures (2010-2018)

Ämneskategorier

Samhällsbyggnadsteknik

Annan medicin och hälsovetenskap

DOI

10.1016/j.jhin.2013.03.007

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2018-02-21