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Frequency of Interactions and Hand Disinfections among Anesthesiologists While Providing Anesthesia Care in the Operating Room: Induction versus Maintenance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

L. Silvia Munoz-Price ,
Bobbie Riley ,
Shawn Banks ,
Scott Eber ,
Kristopher Arheart ,
David A. Lubarsky  and
David J. Birnbach
L. Silvia Munoz-Price*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida Department of Anesthesiology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
Bobbie Riley
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
Shawn Banks
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
Scott Eber
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
Kristopher Arheart
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida Division of Biostatistics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
David A. Lubarsky
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
David J. Birnbach
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
*
Park Plaza West L-302, 1611 NW 12th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136-1096 ([email protected]).
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We evaluated the behaviors of anesthesiologists during induction and maintenance of anesthesia. Contacts with surfaces occurred a mean (±standard error) of 154.8 ± 7.7 and 60 ± 3.1 times per hour during induction and maintenance, respectively (P < .0001). Hand hygiene events were 1.8 ± 0.27 per hour during induction versus 1.19 ± 0.27 during maintenance (P = .018).

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014;35(8):1056–1059

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Concise Communication
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 8 , August 2014 , pp. 1056 - 1059
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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