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MRSA Prevention Toolkit: Targeting SSI

Operating Room Traffic

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Section: Evidence-Based Infection Prevention

During surgery, operating room (OR) traffic should be minimized. For more information on this topic, please review the evidence for OR traffic resources below.

Presentations

Presentation: Operating Room Traffic

After reviewing the content of this presentation, viewers will be able to—

  • Review the evidence behind the recommendation to minimize OR traffic​
  • Utilize staff recommendations to minimize OR traffic

Documents: 

One-Pagers

One-Pager: Operating Room Traffic One-Pager (DOCX, 459 KB)

This one-page document provides a concise summary of the presentation on OR traffic.

 

This page is a part of the Evidence-Based Infection Prevention Section of this toolkit. Pages in this section are as follows:

 

This page is part of the Surgery Phase of this toolkit. Other pages in the phase include:

Page last reviewed April 2025
Page originally created April 2025

Internet Citation: Operating Room Traffic. Content last reviewed April 2025. ´óÏóÊÓƵ, Rockville, MD.
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