Rituals and behaviours in the operating theatre and preventing infection. Using the evidence and consensus opinion to provide practical advice

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin, Ireland; Healthcare Infection Society, London, UK; The ESCMID Study Group for Nosocomial Infections, Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: [email protected].
• ² Healthcare Infection Society, London, UK.
• ³ Healthcare Infection Society, London, UK; Department of Clinical Microbiology, University College London Hospitals, London, UK.
• ⁴ The ESCMID Study Group for Nosocomial Infections, Basel, Switzerland; Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
• ⁵ Association of Perioperative Practice, Harrogate, UK; Royal College of Nursing, London, UK.
• ⁶ Infection Prevention Society, Seafield, UK.
• ⁷ Healthcare Infection Society, London, UK; NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, UK.
• ⁸ Healthcare Infection Society, London, UK; Royal College of General Practitioners, London, UK.
• ⁹ Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.