Current hygiene regulations in the operating theatre with special focus on constructional and functional measures

Chirurg. 2022 Mar 22. doi: 10.1007/s00104-022-01613-y. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe article provides an overview of the most important innovations in hygiene recommendations that were published in 2018 by the Committee for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (KRINKO) on the prevention of postoperative wound infections. This summarizes several older recommendations and supplements, updates and extends them. The article focusses on technical and constructional hygiene regulations for operating theaters and includes the position of the German Statutory Accident Insurance (DGUV).PMID:35316345 | DOI:10.1007/s00104-022-01613-y
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