Study Reaffirms Impact of Air Quality on Surgical Site Infections

A recent study reaffirms previous research that showed air flows in operating rooms can possibly contaminate patients during surgery and result in infections, according to research published in the American Journal of Infection Control.

 



For their study, researchers collected 91 air samples during 30 orthopedic procedures and found 57 percent (52 samples) exceeded the recommended level of colony-forming units, which is less than 10 CFU/m3. They also found a positive link between total traffic flow per operation and total colony-forming units.

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