Relationships in anesthesia work areas between contamination measured as colony-forming units,

Arnav Bhushan, Franklin Dexter, Carmen Brindeiro, Randy W Loftus, Unyime Ituk

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Article in Anesthesiology and perioperative science, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Relationships in anesthesia work areas between contamination measured as colony-forming units,Anesthesiology and perioperative science · 2026
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5 authors.

Arnav BhushanDepartment of Anesthesia, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Dr, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA.ORCID 0009-0002-2357-9070

Franklin DexterDepartment of Anesthesia, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Dr, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5897-2484

Carmen BrindeiroRDB Bioinformatics, Coralville, IA USA.

Randy W LoftusRDB Bioinformatics, Coralville, IA USA.ORCID 0009-0006-9108-6242

Unyime ItukDepartment of Anesthesia, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Dr, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0304-7894

Funding

RESEARCH TRAINING IN INFECTIOUS DISEASEST32AI007343 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI STAPLETON, JACK T. · 1988 to 2024

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NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007343

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: Earlier, patients developed surgical site infection for 2.0% of cases without Methods: During the summer of 2025, reservoirs (e.g., anesthetist's hands at case start/end) were sampled during 81 cesarean delivery cases performed in the same operating room. There were ≤ 15 reservoirs sampled per case. Results: 52/1016 reservoir samples had Conclusions: With substantive contamination (≥ 100 CFU), so few isolates are Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s44254-026-00169-y.

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Anesthesia departmentBacterial loadEquipment contaminationHospitalInfection controlOperating roomsStaphylococcus aureus

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PMID41959886

DOI10.1007/s44254-026-00169-y

PMCPMC13056790

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