title: Perioperative air safety.
abstract: Documentation has been presented to establish one of the main areas of air safety concern in the perioperative setting infectious respiratory diseases. Many surgical patients are immunocompromised, yet are exposed to many patients who are undergoing cough-inducing procedures in a room without environmental respiratory protection.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hickle
mesh_terms: D000391:Air Microbiology; D003371:Cough / Q000382:microbiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000635:transmission; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; D019990:Perioperative Care; D011997:Recovery Room; D012134:Respiratory Protective Devices; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012449:Safety; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000635:transmission