Perioperative Bacterial Contamination from Patients on Contact Precaution in Operating Room Environment

Hajime Kanamori; William A. Rutala; Maria F. Gergen; David J. Weber

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofaa508

Perioperative Bacterial Contamination from Patients on Contact Precaution in Operating Room Environment

Hajime Kanamori, William A. Rutala, Maria F. Gergen, David J. Weber

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We investigated the microbial burden on the operating room environment when patients on contact precautions for a multidrug-resistant pathogen received surgery. Our study demonstrated that the perioperative environment was contaminated with aerobic bacteria and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) after surgery, and that MRSA persisted environmentally even after cleaning and disinfection, highlighting the need for meticulous cleaning and disinfection in the perioperative environment.

Original language	English
Article number	ofaa508
Journal	Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Volume	7
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa508
Publication status	Published - 2020 Nov 1

Keywords

environment
microbial contamination
operating room

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Oncology
Clinical Neurology

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