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...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | deu |
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German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
2019-12-01
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Series: | GMS Hygiene and Infection Control |
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Online Access: | http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/dgkh/2019-14/dgkh000335.shtml |
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