Tracking Clinical Staff Behaviors in an Operating Room.

Inadequate staff behaviors in an operating room (OR) may lead to environmental contamination and increase the risk of surgical site infection. In order to assess this statement objectively, we have developed an approach to analyze OR staff behaviors using a motion tracking system. The present article introduces a solution for the assessment of individual displacements in the OR by: (1) detecting human presence and quantifying movements using a motion capture (MOCAP) system and (2) observing doors' movements by means of a wireless network of inertial sensors fixed on the doors and synchronized with the MOCAP system.

Motion-capture system to assess intraoperative staff movements and door openings: Impact on surrogates of the infectious risk in surgery.

Objectives: We longitudinally observed and assessed the impact of the operating room (OR) staff movements and door openings on surrogates of the exogenous infectious risk using a new technology system.

Design And Setting: This multicenter observational study included 13 ORs from 10 hospitals, performing planned cardiac and orthopedic surgery (total hip or knee replacement). Door openings during the surgical procedure were obtained from data collected by inertial sensors fixed on the doors.

Air contamination for predicting wound contamination in clean surgery: A large multicenter study.

Background: The best method to quantify air contamination in the operating room (OR) is debated, and studies in the field are controversial. We assessed the correlation between 2 types of air sampling and wound contaminations before closing and the factors affecting air contamination.

Methods: This multicenter observational study included 13 ORs of cardiac and orthopedic surgery in 10 health care facilities.

Attitudes, risk of infection and behaviours in the operating room (the ARIBO Project): a prospective, cross-sectional study.

Introduction: Inappropriate staff behaviours can lead to environmental contamination in the operating room (OR) and subsequent surgical site infection (SSI). This study will focus on the continued assessment of OR staff behaviours using a motion tracking system and their impact on the SSI risk during surgical procedures.

Methods And Analysis: This multicentre prospective cross-sectional study will include 10 ORs of cardiac and orthopaedic surgery in 12 healthcare facilities (HCFs).