title: [Clean field-technique to reduce the local air contamination level in operating rooms. Clinical experiences in accident surgery (author's transl)].
abstract: A newly developed technique to reduce the local air contamination level in operating rooms is described. After physical and hygienic evaluations a mobile clean field-equipment has been used at 97 traumatic operations. At 66 operations about 300 aerobiological samples of the contaminated room air and simultaneously of clean field-air at the wound site were collected. It is shown that the bacterial level of clean field-air is comparable with those levels in a sterile operating enclosure. The advantages of the new technique and first experiences under practical operating conditions are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000391:Air Microbiology; D000392:Air Movements; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009873:Operating Rooms; D013242:Sterilization / Q000379:methods*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Das Reinfeldverfahren zur lokalen Keimreduzierung in Operationsräumen. Klinische Erfahrungen in der Unfallchirurgie.