AIR CONDITIONING IN OPERATING ROOMS AND INFECTION CONTROL – A REVIEW

Authors

  • May Socorro Martinez Afonso Faculdade de Enfermagem
  • Adenicia Custodia Silva e Souza Faculdade de Enfermagem
  • Anaclara Ferreira Veiga Tipple Faculdade de Enfermagem
  • Eliene Aparecida Machado Faculdade de Enfermagem
  • Eliane Alves Lucas Faculdade de Enfermagem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/ree.v8i1.933

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This bibliographic survey in data banks such as MEDLINE, LILACS, SCIELO, Ministry of Health, among others aims at identifying what makes air conditioners a source of environmental contamination. The air is contaminated by particles which transport microorganisms. The sources of particles include patients and surgical staff. The control of the temperature, relative humidity, pressure, number of changes of air accomplished per hour, clothes, traffic, number of people in the rooms, maintenance and cleaning of the system of conditioned air of surgical centers are major factors for the reduction of the number of microorganisms in the environment of operating rooms. KEY WORDS: Operating room; Hospital infection; Air conditioning.

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Published

2006-04-30

How to Cite

1.
Afonso MSM, Souza ACS e, Tipple AFV, Machado EA, Lucas EA. AIR CONDITIONING IN OPERATING ROOMS AND INFECTION CONTROL – A REVIEW. Rev. Eletr. Enferm. [Internet]. 2006 Apr. 30 [cited 2024 Aug. 16];8(1):134-43. Available from: https://revistas.ufg.br/fen/article/view/933

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2006)

Section

Review Article

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