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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 853-860 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Anesthesia and Analgesia |
Volume | 120 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 1 2015 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)