Hand contamination of anesthesia providers is an important risk factor for intraoperative bacterial transmission.

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Published in Anesth Analg on August 04, 2010

Authors

Randy W Loftus1, Matthew K Muffly, Jeremiah R Brown, Michael L Beach, Matthew D Koff, Howard L Corwin, Stephen D Surgenor, Kathryn B Kirkland, Mark P Yeager

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756, USA. randy.loftus@hitchcock.org

Associated clinical trials:

[Trial of device that is not approved or cleared by the U.S. FDA] | NCT01426217

OR PathTrac (Tracking Intra-operative Bacterial Transmission) | NCT03605498

Reducing Perioperative S. Aureus Transmission | NCT03638947

Reducing Intraoperative Infection Transmission in the Pediatric Operating Room | NCT03992209

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