手術室環境監視システムの開発とその運用評価

概要

論文の詳細を見る
Increases in the number of airborne particles and/or bacteria which might accompany an increase in the number of times staff enter and leave the operating room, defects in the air conditioning system, as well as from the use of anesthesia equipment can contaminate a safe operating room environment. At Kagoshima University Hospital's surgical center, we felt that as part of our effort to cope with MRSA and other nosocomial infections continuous measurement of the number of airborne particles and periodic measurement of falling bacteria was necessary. The Air Particulate Monitoring System was developed in 1993 to continually monitor the number of particles and the anesthesia gas concentrations which exist in operating room. We have been able to make successive inquiries about dust generation in the operating room (not possible until now) as well as make investigations into the concentration of gas contaminants using this system. Information concerning the environmental conditions in operating room can be communicated to surgical staff by computer through a local area network. Doctors and nurses have also been able to analyze real time data concerning fluctuations in dust particle counts and anesthesia gas concentrations. The overall level of knowledge concerning the operating room environment has risen.
日本医療機器学会の論文
1994-05-01