TY - JOUR
T1 - Interactions between anesthesiologists and the environment while providing anesthesia care in the operating room
AU - Munoz-Price, L. Silvia
AU - Lubarsky, David
AU - Arheart, Kristopher L.
AU - Prado, Guillermo
AU - Cleary, Timothy
AU - Fajardo-Aquino, Yovanit
AU - DePascale, Dennise
AU - Eber, Scott
AU - Carling, Philip
AU - Birnbach, David J.
PY - 2013/10/1
Y1 - 2013/10/1
N2 - We describe 1,132 contacts between anesthesiologists and the operating room. Objects most commonly touched included anesthesia machines and keyboards. Only 13 hand hygiene events were witnessed during 8 hours of observations. Line insertions, bronchoscopies, or blood exposures were not followed by hand hygiene. Stopcocks were accessed 66 times and only disinfected on 10 (15%) of these occasions.
AB - We describe 1,132 contacts between anesthesiologists and the operating room. Objects most commonly touched included anesthesia machines and keyboards. Only 13 hand hygiene events were witnessed during 8 hours of observations. Line insertions, bronchoscopies, or blood exposures were not followed by hand hygiene. Stopcocks were accessed 66 times and only disinfected on 10 (15%) of these occasions.
KW - Anesthesia providers Environmental contacts Hand hygiene Intraoperative
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.03.306
DO - 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.03.306
M3 - Article
C2 - 24074540
AN - SCOPUS:84884851459
VL - 41
SP - 922
EP - 924
JO - American Journal of Infection Control
JF - American Journal of Infection Control
SN - 0196-6553
IS - 10
ER -