title: [Model for microbiological surveillance of operating rooms: analysis of the efficacy of total mesophilic load and air particle counts].
abstract: Methodologies and procedures for environmental hygiene surveillance of operating room theatres are not uniform across Italy. The aim of this study was to implement a surveillance model based on total mesophilic load and particle count, and evaluating the model's efficacy and sensitivity. The surveillance model was introduced in 2008 for the evaluation of hygienic-sanitary conditions of seven operating theatres in two hospitals in Rome (Italy). In total 924 samples were tested. The correlation between total mesophilic load and particle count seem to indicate the efficacy of this model, although the two indicators appear to be complementary and cannot substitute one another.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Medicina Clinica e Sanità Pubblica Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia - Sapienza Università di Roma.
authors.forename: Caterina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aurigemma
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tuti
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Giusti
authors.forename: Umberto
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Moscato
authors.forename: Gualtiero
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ricciardi
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boccia
mesh_terms: D000391:Air Microbiology / Q000592:standards*; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000517:prevention & control; D000465:Algorithms; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D007558:Italy; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000592:standards*; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000032:analysis*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D052638:Particulate Matter