Bacterial air contamination and the protective effect of coverage for sterile surgical goods: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: There is limited knowledge regarding how long prepared sterile goods can wait before becoming contaminated. We investigated whether surgical goods could be prepared the day before surgery and kept sterile overnight in the operating room, if protected by sterile covers.

Methods: Sterile surgical goods for open-heart surgeries (n=70) were randomized to preparation on the morning of the operation or on the previous evening.

Swedish translation, cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the pressure ulcer knowledge assessment tool for use in the operating room.

The aim of this study was to psychometrically evaluate the Swedish operating room version of PUKAT 2.0. In total, 284 Swedish operating room nurses completed the survey of whom 50 completed the retest.

Important interventions in the operating room to prevent bacterial contamination and surgical site infections.

Background: The aim of this study was to explore interventions that Swedish operating room (OR) nurses considered important for the prevention of bacterial contamination and surgical site infections (SSIs).

Methods: A web-based cross-sectional survey with an open-ended question was answered by OR nurses and analyzed using summative content analysis and descriptive statistics.

Results: The OR nurses (n = 890) worked within 11 surgical specialties and most of them worked at university hospitals (37%) or county hospitals (53%).

The Swedish version of the attitude towards pressure ulcer prevention instrument for use in an operating room context (APUP-OR): A nationwide psychometric evaluation.

Introduction: To assess operating room (OR) nurses' attitudes towards pressure ulcer prevention, the Attitude towards Pressure Ulcer Prevention (APuP) instrument was developed.

Aim: The aim of this study was to psychometrically evaluate the Attitude towards Pressure Ulcer Prevention (APuP) instrument in a Swedish OR context.

Materials And Methods: A psychometric evaluation study was conducted, using a convenience sample, between February and August 2020.

Patient experience of preheated and room temperature skin disinfection prior to cardiac device implantation: A randomised controlled trial.

Background: Clinically, patients often comment on the coolness of the skin disinfectant. However, scarce evidence is available regarding patients' experience during intraoperative skin disinfection.

Aims: The aim of this study was to describe and compare intraoperative patient experiences with preheated and room temperature skin disinfectant.

Exploring bacterial growth and recolonization after preoperative hand disinfection and surgery between operating room nurses and non-health care workers: a pilot study.

Background: To prevent cross infection the surgical team perform preoperative hand disinfection before dressed in surgical gowns and gloves. Preoperative hand disinfection does not make hands sterile and the surgical glove cuff end has been regarded as a weak link, since it is not a liquid-proof interface. The aims were to investigate if there were differences in bacterial growth and recolonization of hands between operating room nurses and non-health care workers as well as to investigate if bacterial growth existed at the surgical glove cuff end during surgery.

National Survey of Operating Room Nurses' Aseptic Techniques and Interventions for Patient Preparation to Reduce Surgical Site Infections.

Background: Surgical site infection (SSI), the third most common type of nosocomial infection in Sweden, is a patient injury that should be prevented. Methods of reducing SSIs include, for instance, disinfecting the skin, maintaining body temperature, and ensuring an aseptic environment. Guidelines for most of these interventions exist, but there is a lack of studies describing to what extent the preventive interventions have been implemented in clinical practice.

Positive impact on heat loss and patient experience of preheated skin disinfection: a randomised controlled trial.

Aims And Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the effect of preheated (36 °C) and room-temperature (20 °C) skin disinfectant solution on skin temperature and patients' experience of the skin disinfection process.

Background: To prevent surgical site infections, it is important to disinfect skin prior to invasive surgery. In clinical practice, conscious patients often comment on the coldness of the preoperative skin disinfection solution.

The effect of preheated versus room-temperature skin disinfection on bacterial colonization during pacemaker device implantation: a randomized controlled non-inferiority trial.

Background: In clinical practice, patients who are awake often comment that cold surgical skin disinfectant is unpleasant. This is not only a problem of patients' experience; heat loss during the disinfection process is a problem that can result in hypothermia. Evidence for the efficacy of preheated disinfection is scarce.

Effects and experiences of warm versus cold skin disinfection.

The intention of preoperative skin antisepsis is to reduce the risk of postoperative surgical wound infections through the prevention of contamination of the wound site from the patient's skin flora, and to provide a sterile work area. This pilot study aimed to compare warm versus cold skin disinfection with a chlorhexidine solution on bacterial growth, skin temperatures and the experiences of the disinfection. Ten healthy volunteers without any association to Sweden's healthcare services were included in an experimental study with crossover design.