Rituals and behaviours in the operating theatre and preventing infection. Using the evidence and consensus opinion to provide practical advice

Hilary Humphreys; Aggie Bak; Elisabeth Ridgway; A. Peter R. Wilson; Margreet C. Vos; Kate Woodhead; Claire Haill; Deborah Xuereb; Joanna M. Walker; Jennifer Bostock; Gemma L. Marsden; Thomas Pinkney; Rashmi Kumar; Peter Hoffman

doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2023.08.025

Rituals and behaviours in the operating theatre and preventing infection. Using the evidence and consensus opinion to provide practical advice

Hilary Humphreys^*
, Aggie Bak
, Elisabeth Ridgway
, A. Peter R. Wilson
, Margreet C. Vos
, Kate Woodhead
, Claire Haill
, Deborah Xuereb
, Joanna M. Walker
, Jennifer Bostock
, Gemma L. Marsden
, Thomas Pinkney
, Rashmi Kumar
, Peter Hoffman

^*Corresponding author for this work

Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Healthcare
ESCMID Study Group for Nosocomial Infections (ESGNI)
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Association of Perioperative Practice
Royal College of Nursing
Infection Prevention Society
NHS Grampian
Royal College of General Practitioners
University of Birmingham
The ESCMID Study Group for Nosocomial Infections

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	152-154
Number of pages	3
Journal	Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Volume	30
Issue number	2
Early online date	31 Aug 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2023.08.025
Publication status	Published - Feb 2024

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Humphreys, H., Bak, A., Ridgway, E., Wilson, A. P. R., Vos, M. C., Woodhead, K., Haill, C., Xuereb, D., Walker, J. M., Bostock, J., Marsden, G. L., Pinkney, T., Kumar, R., & Hoffman, P. (2024). Rituals and behaviours in the operating theatre and preventing infection. Using the evidence and consensus opinion to provide practical advice. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 30(2), 152-154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2023.08.025

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Rituals and behaviours in the operating theatre and preventing infection. Using the evidence and consensus opinion to provide practical advice. / Humphreys, Hilary; Bak, Aggie; Ridgway, Elisabeth et al.
In: Clinical Microbiology and Infection, Vol. 30, No. 2, 02.2024, p. 152-154.

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