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Occlusive scrub suits in operating theaters during cataract surgery: effect on airborne contamination
Bjørg Marit Andersen1, Nette Solheim
1Clinic of Preventive Medicine, Department of Hospital Infections, Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
|May 11, 2002
Abstract:
The effect of wearing occlusive scrub suits on bacterial contamination of air was studied during cataract operations. All personnel regularly wore cotton scrub suits. During the intervention period, all wore occlusive scrub suits, which, compared with cotton scrub suits, were associated with more than a 50% reduction in the load of airborne bacteria during operations.