Loftus Randy W, Koff Matthew D, Birnbach David J
From the *Department of Anesthesiology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire; and †Department of Anesthesiology, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
Anesth Analg. 2015 Apr;120(4):853-60. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000505.
Health care-associated infections are a hospital-wide concern associated with a significant increase in patient morbidity, mortality, and health care costs. Bacterial transmission in the anesthesia work area of the operating room environment is a root cause of 30-day postoperative infections affecting as many as 16% of patients undergoing surgery. A better understanding of anesthesia-related bacterial transmission dynamics may help to generate improvements in intraoperative infection control and improve patient safety.
医疗保健相关感染是一个全院范围关注的问题，与患者发病率、死亡率以及医疗保健成本的显著增加相关。手术室环境中麻醉工作区域的细菌传播是影响多达16%手术患者的术后30天感染的根本原因。更好地了解与麻醉相关的细菌传播动态可能有助于改进术中感染控制并提高患者安全性。
