Domestic electric drills in the service of orthopaedic surgery: a potential and preventable source of surgical site infections

Kucukdurmaz F., Imren Y., AKKOYUNLU Y., TUNCAY İ., ŞEN C.

ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA ET TRAUMATOLOGICA TURCICA, vol.46, no.6, pp.455-459, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 46 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.3944/aott.2012.2794
  • Journal Name: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA ET TRAUMATOLOGICA TURCICA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.455-459
  • Keywords: Domestic drill, microbiological sampling, particle count, surgical site infection, OPERATING-THEATERS, AIR
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: We aimed to assess the contamination potential of the exhaust air from venting ports of running domestic electric drills which are commonly used in orthopaedic surgeries by means of both microbiological sampling and particle counting.