Surgical Site Infection

Soaked drapes are a hazard to the patient. Within 30 minutes of a drape becoming soaked there is bacterial contamination of the drape risking wound surgical site infection.

Hamer AJ. Hazards to surgeons in trauma and elective orthopaedic surgery: use of an electronic device to warn of intraoperative glove perforations. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 1992 Sep;74(5):309-11.

Blom A, Estela C, Bowker K, MacGowan A, Hardy JR. The passage of bacteria through surgical drapes. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2000 Nov;82(6):405-7.

 

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