Use of bouffant or hood type headgear compared with surgical skull caps or no hair cover for operating room staff during surgery

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  1. Use of bouffant or hood type headgear compared with surgical skull caps or no hair cover for operating room staff during surgery
Population:
Patients undergoing surgery, in an operating room at a hospital, with incision through intact skin
Intervention:
Personnel in the operating room using headgear covering hair, ears and neck (“bouffant” or “hood” type headgear)
Comparison:
Personnel in the operating room using non-covering headgear (i.e. “surgical skull cap”) or personnel in the operating room not using headgear
Outcomes:
Mortality, serious surgical site infection (sSSI, i.e. deep/subfascial/organ infection, implant infection), sepsis, surgical site infection (SSI), satisfaction with hair cover

What evidence is needed?

More primary research is needed.

What evidence is available?

Reliable systematic reviews that show evidence gaps:

Ricksten M, Andreasson P, Blondeau H, Houltz E, Petzold M, Sjögren P, Stadig I, Svanberg T, Svensson M, Thornell A, Jivegård L. Does headgear type used by the operating room staff affect postoperative surgical site infection rate? [Påverkar typen av operationsmössor som bärs av operationspersonalen frekvensen av postoperativ sårinfektion?]. Göteborg: Västra Götalandsregionen, Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset, HTAcentrum: 2020. HTA report 2020:120. More about the review

Reliable, but not updated, systematic reviews that show evidence gaps:

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