| | SURVEILLANCE AND STERILISATION OF OPERATIon THEATRES In the Developing World Dr.T.V.Rao MD ?€“ Dr.Chithra.VN MD In spite of brief stay of patients in the operation theatre (in majority of circumstances), the environment of operation theatre plays a great role in the onset and spread of infection because of a multifactor causation of infection. It is usually necessary to study the epidemiology of infection as a multidisciplinary approach. In resource poor circumstances as in most developing countries, work in isolation and few facilities to make any epidemiological surveys Many believe that routine Microbiological monitoring is most essential but in reality it is not practicable. |