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Table 1 PubMed MEDLINE search strategy (limited to publication date range 01.01.1968–present)

From: Effectiveness of architectural separation of septic and aseptic operating theatres for improving process quality and patient outcomes: a systematic review

Search steps

 1. Procedure room* OR operating room* OR operation theatre* OR emergency theatre* OR orthopaedic theatre* [Title/Abstract]

 2. Hospital design and construction [MeSH]

 3. process quality OR transfer time* OR setup time* OR number of operations OR number of interventions OR efficiency OR turnover-time* OR on-time start* OR delay* OR regular hour* Or work flow

 4. 1 AND 2 AND 3

 5. Surgical Wound Infection [MeSH] OR Soft Tissue Infections [MeSH]

 6. septic* OR contamin* OR clean-contamin* OR aseptic* OR clean* OR steril* [Title/Abstract]

 7. 1 AND 5 AND 6

 8. 4 OR 7