Risk of Bacterial Exposure to the Anesthesiologist's Face During Intubation and Extubation.

Sei Han SongSeung Ho ChoiHae Ri ParkSoo Yeon JeonSeung Hyun Kim

Published in: Infection and drug resistance (2023)

The current study shows the actual chance of bacterial exposure to the anesthesiologist's face during the patient awakening process after general anesthesia. Given the correlation between the CFU count and the number of coughing episodes, we recommend anesthesiologists to use appropriate facial protection equipment during this procedure.

Keyphrases

cardiac surgery
cardiac arrest
case report
minimally invasive
mechanical ventilation
respiratory failure
soft tissue