F. Daschner et H. Ruden, HYGIENE IN OPERATION UNITS - RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ATIONAL-REFERENCE-CENTER-FOR-HOSPITAL-EPIDEMIOLOGY, Chirurg, 68(9), 1997, pp. 941-944
Many hygienic procedures performed in operation units are not supporte
d by scientific investigations. The following recommendations by the N
ational Reference Center for Hospital Epidemiology, founded by the Ger
man Ministry of Health in 1996, are based on the scientific literature
and separate necessary from less necessary and unnecessary procedures
.