Environmental Management and Countermeasures of the Clean Operating Area
WEI Ge,CHEN Shao-tao,LIN Hua,GAO Wei
(Department of Anesthesiology, Guangzhou General Hospital,Guangzhou 510010,China)
Abstracts:Objective To enhance the environmental management of the clean operating area(COA) so as to reduce the incidence of postoperative infections.Methods The countermeasures of controlling the flow of staff and articles, enhancing regular hygienic cleaning and standardizing the management of cleaning programs were taken in COA.Results Infectious incidence of sterile operative incision decreased by 50%.The counts of dust particles and the CFU of sedimentary bacteria in the air of COA and the CFU of surface bacteria on the articles of COA reached the National Standard.Conclusion Our countermeasures could effectively increase the clarity of the operating-room and decrease the incidence of postoperative infection.