title: A road map to a comprehensive regulation on ventilation technology for operating rooms.
abstract: Among strategies to reduce surgical site infection (SSI) risk, we concentrate on the optimization of the air quality through the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. Current ventilation standards applied by some European countries have been compared and show uncertainty in the criteria for dimensioning the HVAC system. The development of a comprehensive regulation needs further discussion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Technologies and Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. santina.iudicello@iss.it
authors.forename: Santina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iudicello
authors.forename: Antonello
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fadda
mesh_terms: D000391:Air Microbiology / Q000592:standards*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000145:classification / Q000592:standards*; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000592:standards; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014691:Ventilation / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D052638:Particulate Matter