Journal article
Perioperative COVID-19 Defense: An Evidence-Based Approach for Optimization of Infection Control and Operating Room Management
Anesthesia and Analgesia, Vol.131(1), pp.37-42
04/20/2020
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004829
PMID: 32217947
Abstract
We describe an evidence-based approach for optimization of infection control and operating room management during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Confirmed modes of viral transmission are primarily, but not exclusively, contact with contaminated environmental surfaces and aerosolization. Evidence-based improvement strategies for attenuation of residual environmental contamination involve a combination of deep cleaning with surface disinfectants and ultraviolet light (UV-C). (1) Place alcohol-based hand rubs on the intravenous (IV) pole to the left of the provider. Double glove during induction. (2) Place a wire basket lined with a zip closure plastic bag on the IV pole to the right of the provider. Place all contaminated instruments in the bag (eg, laryngoscope blades and handles) and close. Designate and maintain clean and dirty areas. After induction of anesthesia, wipe down all equipment and surfaces with disinfection wipes that contain a quaternary ammonium compound and alcohol. Use a top-down cleaning sequence adequate to reduce bioburden. Treat operating rooms using UV-C. (3) Decolonize patients using preprocedural chlorhexidine wipes, 2 doses of nasal povidone-iodine within 1 hour of incision, and chlorhexidine mouth rinse. (4) Create a closed lumen IV system and use hub disinfection. (5) Provide data feedback by surveillance of Enterococcus, Staphylococcusaureus , Klebsiella, Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas, and Enterobacter spp. (ESKAPE)transmission. (6) To reduce the use of surgical masks and to reduce potential COVID-19 exposure, use relatively long (eg, 12hours) staff shifts. If there are 8 essential cases to be done (each lasting 1–2 hours), the ideal solution is to have 2 teams complete the 8 cases, not 8 first case starts. (7) Do 1 case in each operating room daily, with terminal cleaning after each case including UV-C or equivalent. (8) Do not have patients go into a large, pooled phase I postanesthesia care unit because of the risk of contaminating facility at large along with many staff. Instead, have most patients recover in the room where they had surgery as is done routinely in Japan. These 8 programmatic recommendations stand on a substantial body of empirical evidence characterizing the epidemiology of perioperative transmission and infection development made possible by support from the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF).
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Perioperative COVID-19 Defense: An Evidence-Based Approach for Optimization of Infection Control and Operating Room Management
- Creators
- Franklin Dexter - Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IowaMichelle C Parra - Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IowaJeremiah R Brown - Department of Epidemiology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New HampshireRandy W Loftus - Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Anesthesia and Analgesia, Vol.131(1), pp.37-42
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- DOI
- 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004829
- PMID
- 32217947
- ISSN
- 0003-2999
- eISSN
- 1526-7598
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 04/20/2020
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy; Anesthesia
- Record Identifier
- 9983806250802771
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