Finding F-1601

“The mean bacterial counts of 94.63 CFU/dm/hr in major OR during active time as well as 509.75 and 509.38 CFU/dm/hr in male and female clothing rooms during the afternoon were unacceptable (>450 CFU/dm2).”

Bacterial Contamination Level of Indoor Air and Surface of Equipment in the Operation Room (2022). Infection and drug resistance. Page 1. CKB 8717

Structure

Factor: Airborne bacteria
Setting: operating room
Study design: cross-sectional study of an operating theatre suite: bacterial counts of the indoor air determined in the operating rooms and the adjoining clothing rooms in the morning and in the afternoon, with swabs of the equipment surfaces (class 4)
Effect: mean 94.63
Caveat: the study judges all these counts unacceptable against a threshold of 450 CFU/dm2 that it takes from the literature

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