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Author Spotlight: Microbial Control and Monitoring Strategies for Cleanroom Environments and Cellular Therapies
Published on: March 17, 2023
[Current hygiene regulations in the operating theatre with special focus on constructional and functional measures]
1Klinik für Unfallchirurgie und Orthopädie, Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin, Warenerstr. 7, 12683, Berlin, Deutschland. julia.seifert@ukb.de.
Abstract:
The 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).
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