• Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther · Jul 2021

    [Infection Control in Anesthesia].

    • Marzia Bonsignore and Irit Nachtigall.
    • Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther. 2021 Jul 1; 56 (7-08): 474-484.

    AbstractThe anaesthesiological care of patients in the operating room involves many activities that can lead to an infection. Hand hygiene is the most effective single measure for the prevention of nosocomial infections. Hand disinfectant dispensers should be placed within easy reach. When preparing infusions and drugs to be administered intravenously, the introduction of microorganisms cannot be completely ruled out, even if all hygienic requirements are observed. Therefore, parenterals without preservatives may only be removed immediately before administration, not several times from the same container and not for several patients. For punctures for regional anaesthesia and for the placement of vascular catheters, the highest hygiene requirements apply when long seldinger wires are used or when catheters are placed in deep tissue spaces or body cavities. The timely application of antibiotic prophylaxis is one of the most important measures in perioperative infection prevention. Indications and choice of substance should be defined in an in-house guideline. Maintaining a balanced volume, body temperature and blood sugar level contributes to the prophylaxis of surgical site infections. The preparation of an operating room after an operation must always ensure that it does not pose a risk of infection for the following patient - regardless of the pathogens with which the previous patient is infected or colonized. There is no evidence for further measures to separate so-called aseptic and septic operations or of patients with multi-resistant pathogens. In order to be able to take the necessary measures for employee protection in corona-infected patients in the operating room, it is essential to know the current infection status. For example, when a patient is handed over to the OR, a current test result should be checked and documented on the OR checklist.Thieme. All rights reserved.

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