Research


Operating room air delivery design to protect patient and surgical site results in particles released at surgical table having greater concentration along walls of the room than at the instrument tray
Jennifer A. Wagner, Ph.D.; Franklin Dexter M.D., Ph.D., FASA; Damon G. Greeley, P.E., CEM, HFDP, CBCP, EDAC, CHFM; Kevin J. Schreiber

Using Cleanroom Technology: Improving Operating Room Contamination Control
Jennifer A. Wagner, Ph.D.; Kevin J. Schreiber, Member ASHRAE; Ralph Cohen, P.E., Member ASHRAE

Comparison of operating room air distribution systems using the environmental quality indicator method of dynamic simulated surgical procedures
Jennifer A. Wagner, Ph.D., CIC; Damon G. Greely, P.E., CEM, HFDP, CBCP, EDAC, CHFM; Thomas C. Gormley, Ph.D., LEED AP, CHC; Troy Markel, M.D.

Rethinking the Design of Operating Rooms to Benefit from Cleanroom Standards
Farhad Memarzadeh, Ph.D., P.E.

Influence of a visible-light continuous environmental disinfection system on microbial contamination and surgical site infections in an orthopedic operating room
Lynnelle J. Murrell, BSN, RN, CIC; Erin Kinzel Hamilton, Ph.D.; Helen Boehm Johnson, M.D.; Maureen Spencer, BSN, RN, MEd, CIC, FAPIC

EQI Method to Compare Air Delivery Methods in Two Functional ORs During Dynamic Simulated Surgical Procedures
Jennifer A. Wagner, Ph.D., CIC; Damon G. Greely, P.E., CEM, HFDP, CBCP, EDAC, CHFM; Thomas C. Gormley, Ph.D., LEED AP, CHC; Troy Markel, M.D.