Preoperative anxiety is a challenging concept in the preoperative care of patients. Most patients who are about to undergo an elective surgery experience anxiety and it is widely accepted as an anticipated response. Postponement of elective surgical procedures causes significant emotional trauma in the patients as well as on their families and the community in general, and its impact on hospita…
Health care providers (HCP) who work in the operating room (OR) or post anesthesia care unit (PACU) have a greater opportunity to cross contaminate patients because of high workloads and frequent patient contact events. The current prevalence of health care-associated infections (HCAI) is a major health concern and patient contact in the OR and PACU can be a contributing factor due to microbial…