Open AccessCONDICIONAMENTO DE AR EM SALAS DE OPERAÇÃO E CONTROLE DE INFECÇÃO – UMA REVISÃO.
Author(s) -
May Socorro Martinez Afonso,
Adenícia Custódia Silva e Souza,
Anaclara Ferreira Veiga Tipple,
Eliene Aparecida Machado,
Eliane Alves Lucas
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
revista eletrônica de enfermagem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1518-1944
DOI - 10.5216/ree.v8i1.933
Subject(s) - air conditioning , christian ministry , environmental science , indoor air , cross infection , air movement , environmental health , medicine , environmental engineering , geography , emergency medicine , political science , engineering , mechanical engineering , law , meteorology
This bibliographic survey in data banks such as MEDLINE, LILACS, SCIELO, Ministry of Health, among others aims at identifying what makes air conditioners a source of environmental contamination. The air is contaminated by particles which transport microorganisms. The sources of particles include patients and surgical staff. The control of the temperature, relative humidity, pressure, number of changes of air accomplished per hour, clothes, traffic, number of people in the rooms, maintenance and cleaning of the system of conditioned air of surgical centers are major factors for the reduction of the number of microorganisms in the environment of operating rooms.\ud\udKEY WORDS: Operating room; Hospital infection; Air conditioning
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