Laboratory Research On Airborne Infection Control in Hospital Operating Rooms

Trond Thorgeir Harsem; Tomáš Fečer; Arsen Melikov; Bård Venås; Haakon Flaarønning; Marius Jablonskis; Hans Martin Mathisen; Guangyu Cao

Laboratory Research On Airborne Infection Control in Hospital Operating Rooms

Trond Thorgeir Harsem
, Tomáš Fečer
, Arsen Melikov
, Bård Venås
, Haakon Flaarønning
, Marius Jablonskis
, Hans Martin Mathisen
, Guangyu Cao

Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering

Norconsult A/S
Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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Abstract

Hospital operating rooms (ORs) are highly used facilities that are classified as having ultraclean environments. Yet, surgical site infections following surgical procedures pose a significant challenge in Norway and globally.1 Between 2018 and 2022, a comprehensive analysis of surgical data from Norway and 12 European Union member states revealed 19,680 postoperative surgical site infections (SSI).2 This article explores the research performed in a cutting-edge hospital operating room in Norway and how it is being used to help reduce SSIs.

Original language	English
Journal	ASHRAE Journal
Volume	67
Issue number	5
Pages (from-to)	32-40
Number of pages	9
ISSN	0001-2491
Publication status	Published - 2025

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