Air quality in the operating room: Surgical site infections, HVAC systems and discipline – position paper of the German Society of Hospital Hygiene (DGKH)

Air quality in the operating room: Surgical site infections, HVAC systems and discipline – position paper of the German Society of Hospital Hygiene (DGKH)

In recent years, there has been an ongoing discussion about the value of laminar airflow (LAF=low turbulence displacement ventilation) in the operating room for prevention of surgical site infections (SSI). Some publications, e.g., from the WHO, issued the demand to no longer build LAF ceilings in o...

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Main Authors: Popp, Walter, Alefelder, Christof, Bauer, Sonja, Daeschlein, Georg, Geistberger, Petra, Gleich, Sabine, Herr, Caroline, Hübner, Nils-Olaf, Jatzwauk, Lutz, Kohnen, Wolfgang, Külpmann, Rüdiger, Lemm, Friederike, Loczenski, Barbara, Spors, Jörg, Walger, Peter, Wehrl, Markus, Zastrow, Klaus-Dieter, Exner, Martin
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2019-12-01
Series:GMS Hygiene and Infection Control
Subjects:
operating room
ventilation
laminar airflow
laf
surgical site infection
discipline
Online Access:http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/dgkh/2019-14/dgkh000335.shtml

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