There is a need for comprehensive regulation and standardized criteria for HVAC systems in operating rooms to reduce surgical site infection risks.
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Uncertainty in European HVAC standards for operating rooms warrants caution in current design; leaves open the need for standardized criteria to address SSI risks.
Among strategies to reduce surgical site infection (SSI) risk, we concentrate on the optimization of the air quality through the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. Current ventilation standards applied by some European countries have been compared and show uncertainty in the criteria for dimensioning the HVAC system. The development of a comprehensive regulation needs further discussion.
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Iudicello et al. (2013) studied this question.
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