Determining high touch areas in the operating room with levels of contamination Terri Link, MPH, BSN, CNOR, CIC, Catherine Kleiner, PhD, RN, CNS, Mary.

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Determining high touch areas in the operating room with levels of contamination Terri Link, MPH, BSN, CNOR, CIC, Catherine Kleiner, PhD, RN, CNS, Mary P. Mancuso, MA, Oliwier Dziadkowiec, PhD, Katherine Halverson-Carpenter, RN, MBA, CNOR American Journal of Infection Control Volume 44, Issue 11, Pages 1350-1355 (November 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.03.013 Copyright © 2016 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Terms and Conditions

Fig 1 Most frequently touched surfaces in IP and OP ORs. IP, inpatient; IV, intravenous; Lg, large; Med, medical; OP, outpatient; OR, operating room. American Journal of Infection Control 2016 44, 1350-1355DOI: (10.1016/j.ajic.2016.03.013) Copyright © 2016 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Terms and Conditions