The surgical room (SR) is one of the most complex structures in an hospital,
because it responds to a demand that involves critical processes, which has also
high risk in its own utilization. For the sucess of the activities that are perfomed in
that place it is necessary dedication, professional synergy and a funcional phisical
structure that is compatible with the activities that are developed there. The
classification of surgical room as a critical area is due to the great risk of transmission
of infections in this area, by virtue of invasive procedures of high complexity that are
performed in the mentioned place. Also, it is highly provable that a specific type of
hospital infection called "surgical site infection (SSI)" happens there, which is caused
by the patient exposition during surgery. The morbidity indexes of the referred
desease are related to the behaviour of the professional team that develops its
activity in the SR, to the way that the activities are performed and also to the
implementation of prevention activities. In order to prevent infeccious processes it
must be considered the duration of the procedure; the number of people who
participate in the surgery; paramentation of the surgical team; temperature and
moisture of the operation room; use of personal adornment; how many times and for
how long the door was open; type of the procedure; rotine adequation, method,
cleaning materials that were used. This research objective is describe the mais
aspects related to SR and SSI
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