title: [Status of measures against angiography room infection as determined by questionnaire].
abstract: Although the cleanliness of the angiography room and that of the operating room have long been equally attended to, the concept of Standard Precautions (including the basic measures and procedures to prevent infection) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1996, as well as the introduction of transmission-based precautions, have been changing to preventive measures that are based on concrete measures. Therefore, a questionnaire was introduced in order to determine the actual status of countermeasures against infection used in the angiography room. The questionnaire was sent to 530 institutions, and 286 responded, a response rate of 54.0%. Its results significantly revealed the following: 1) unexpectedly low recognition of the need and importance for the CDC preventive measures against infection, 2) a considerable number of institutions continuing to perform the conventional preventive measures, 3) problems with education systems on preventive measures, and 4) handwashing, the most important measure against infection, failing to be adequately carried out noticeably among radiological technologists.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kanto Medical Center NTT EC.
authors.forename: Atsuko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsukamoto
authors.forename: Makiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Kanji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Emi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tajima
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Wakamatsu
authors.forename: Tsugio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakazawa
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D004780:Environment, Controlled; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D007239:Infections / Q000635:transmission; D007564:Japan; D009873:Operating Rooms; D011481:Protective Clothing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013679:Technology, Radiologic