Role of operation theatre technologist in prevention of surgical site infections: A review of literature

2. Abstract Surgical site infection is one of the frequent complications that can arise after surgery. It can cause healing to take longer keep a patient in the hospital for more days raise treatment costs and worsen outcomes for patients. To stop site infection proper infection-control practices must be used at every step of surgical care especially in the operating theatre. The operation theatre technologist is a member of the surgical team. The operation theatre technologist helps keep infection risk low by using technique preparing and handling sterile instruments and supplies helping with sterilization and disinfection and keeping the operating-room clean and safe. This review was carried out to look at the published literature about how operation theatre technologist helps prevent Surgical site infection. The review focused on practices, sterilization and disinfection instrument handling, environmental cleanliness, infection-control practices and staff training. The literature shows that sticking closely to infection-prevention practices and handling sterile equipment correctly are key to reducing contamination risk during surgery. The review also highlights that operation theatre technologist must have knowledge receive regular training be professionally competent and work well with other surgical team members. Overall operation theatre technologist play a supporting role in keeping infection-control standards in the operating theatre. Enhancing the training skills, adherence to standard protocols and involvement of operation theatre technologist, in infection-control activities could make surgical care safer. More research is needed to understand how operation theatre technologist help stop Surgical site infection and to find ways to improve their knowledge and practices. Keywords: Surgical site infection, operation theatre technologist, infection prevention, aseptic technique, sterilization, disinfection, operating theatr