PMID: 9555208Apr 29, 1998Paper

Complete nose coverage to prevent airborne contamination via nostrils is unnecessary

Clinical Oral Implants Research
Daniel van SteenbergheM Quirynen

Abstract

Besides an atraumatic procedure, aseptic techniques during surgery have been suggested to have a positive impact on the predictability of osseointegration. To avoid an infection of the surgical field, coverage of the face of the patient (drapes) and nose (surgical mask, drape and plastic film) were advocated in order to reduce airborne infections and to prevent a contact contamination of instruments and gloves. Such a coverage, however, increases the feeling of claustrophobia when local anaesthesia is used and can lead to hypoxemia. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether the expired air via the nostrils could contribute to the contamination of the oral surgical field. Test blood agar plates were installed for 30 min under the nose of volunteers lying on a surgical table; once with full coverage of their nostrils, as indicated above, and once without. Simultaneously, control plates were installed on a table besides the patient to measure the basic contamination from the environment. All plates were incubated both aerobically and anaerobically. The number of colony forming units (c.f.u.) recorded on test plates after aerobic and anaerobic incubation were surprisingly low, with a mean score of 2.7 and 5.0 c.f.u. f...Continue Reading

Citations

May 22, 2008·Clinical Oral Implants Research·Ghada AlsaadiDaniel van Steenberghe
May 25, 1999·Periodontology 2000·D van Steenberghe, I Naert
May 30, 2014·Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology·Rosh Radhika MohanDeepika Jayaprakash
Jan 10, 2003·Clinical Oral Implants Research·Daniel van SteenbergheMarc Quirynen
May 15, 2002·Clinical Oral Implants Research·Marc QuirynenDaniel van Steenberghe
Sep 17, 2005·Clinical Oral Implants Research·Marc QuirynenDaniel van Steenberghe
Sep 3, 2003·Periodontology 2000·Marc Quirynen, Wim Teughels
Nov 24, 2007·Journal of Clinical Periodontology·Ghada AlsaadiDaniel van Steenberghe
Apr 17, 2007·Journal of Clinical Periodontology·Ghada AlsaadiDaniel van Steenberghe
Aug 16, 2014·Periodontology 2000·Andy TemmermanMarc Quirynen

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