The dynamics and implications of bacterial transmission events arising from the anesthesia work area

Randy W Loftus; Matthew D Koff; David J Birnbach

doi:10.1213/ane.0000000000000505

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The dynamics and implications of bacterial transmission events arising from the anesthesia work area

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The dynamics and implications of bacterial transmission events arising from the anesthesia work area

Randy W Loftus, Matthew D Koff and David J Birnbach

Anesthesia and analgesia, Vol.120(4), pp.853-860

04/2015

DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000000505

PMID: 25790210

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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.

Models, Theoretical

Anesthesia - methods

Cross Infection - prevention & control

Anesthesiology - methods

Humans

Infection Control

Postoperative Complications - prevention & control

Postoperative Period

Disinfection

Anesthesia - adverse effects

Equipment Contamination

Evidence-Based Medicine

Bacterial Infections - transmission

Equipment Design

Cross Infection - transmission

Bacterial Infections - prevention & control

Time Factors

Hand Disinfection

Patient Safety

Operating Rooms

Hand - microbiology

Anesthetics - administration & dosage

Hand Hygiene

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Title: Subtitle: The dynamics and implications of bacterial transmission events arising from the anesthesia work area
Creators: Randy W Loftus - From the Department of Anesthesiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire; and †Department of Anesthesiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
Matthew D Koff
David J Birnbach
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Anesthesia and analgesia, Vol.120(4), pp.853-860
Publisher: United States
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000000505
PMID: 25790210
ISSN: 0003-2999
eISSN: 1526-7598
Language: English
Date published: 04/2015
Academic Unit: Anesthesia
Record Identifier: 9984006347302771

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