Salzberger, Bernd and Dettenkofer, M. and Baer, F. M. and Cornely, O. and Herrmann, M. and Hoher, J. and Lemmen, S. (2004) IKOP - Infection control in the operating theatre. Consensus on the theme "Barrier measures during operations and invasive procedures". ANAESTHESIST, 53 (8). pp. 727-733. ISSN 0003-2417,
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Postoperative surgical site infections remain frequent despite intensive control programs.With rising numbers of operations and invasive procedures in the outpatient setting and in immunocompromised patients, the prevention of wound infections presents a rapidly growing challenge to the medical community. Barrier measures including drapes and surgical gowns to prevent wound contamination, have clearly reduced the rate of wound infections.The optimal material characteristics for operating gowns and drapes are well defined, but there is still a long running controversy on the use of single-use versus reusable materials.We review the efficacy and ecological impacts of these different approaches.Currently no superiority of any of these approaches with regard to either efficacy or ecological impact can be found.The European Union has recently published a series of mandatory standards to specify material characteristics of barrier materials used in operating theatres (EN 13795).Their scope include production standards of these materials as well as specific processes in auditing their characteristics.The implementation of these norms will clearly present a challenge to European hospitals but will lead to better material characteristics in the end.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | SURGICAL-WOUND INFECTION; JOINT REPLACEMENT OPERATIONS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; AIR-EXCHANGE-RATES; SITE INFECTIONS; AIRBORNE MICROORGANISMS; INCISO SURVEILLANCE; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; AMBULATORY SURGERY; CARDIAC-SURGERY; wound infection; operation gowns; operation drapes; disposable material; reusable material; European standards |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin I |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Jul 2021 04:57 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Jul 2021 04:57 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/37356 |
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