Debunking the Myth: What You Really Need to Know about Clothing, Electronic Devices, and Surgical Site Infection

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The initial literature review included all of the articles included in the 2015 and 2019 “AORN Facility Reference Center Guidelines for Perioperative Practice: Surgical Attire” documents.⁵ Cowperthwaite L. Holm R.L. Guideline implementation: Surgical attire. AORN J. 2015; 101 : 188-194 Crossref PubMed Google Scholar ^,6 AORN Guidelines Advisory Board Guidelines for perioperative practice: surgical attire. https://www.aornguidelines.org/guidelines/content?sectionid=173717946&view=book Date: 2019 Date accessed: January 18, 2021 Google Scholar This literature search was then supplemented with a systematic literature search of PubMed, Ovid Embase, EBSCO CINAHL, and Cochrane Central databases, along with the grey literature, for relevant articles published between 2000 and 2019.