Determining high touch areas in the operating room with levels of contamination
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- 作者：Terri Link ; MPH ; BSN ; CNOR ; CICa ; Tlink612@yahoo.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Catherine Kleiner ; PhD ; RN ; CNSb ; Mary P. Mancuso ; MAa ; Oliwier Dziadkowiec ; PhDc ; Katherine Halverson-Carpenter ; RN ; MBA ; CNORa
- 关键词：Environmental surfaces ; high touch surfaces ; high touch areas ; contaminated hands ; environmental cultures ; environmental cleaning ; operating room ; procedure rooms ; environmental surveillance
- 刊名：American Journal of Infection Control
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：1 November 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：44
- 期：11
- 页码：1350-1355
- 全文大小：453 K
文摘
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The operating room was not included in the 2010 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's list of recommended high touch hospital areas to clean.
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This study identified high touch areas within an operating room setting.
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The researchers recommend that an established cleaning protocol be established and followed within the operating room setting based on the findings of this study.