Long-term microbiological safety of the use of stacker cranes for storage and distribution of surgical and medical devices in operating theatres and intensive care units

Affiliations

• ¹ Infection Control Team, Microbiology Department, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France.
• ² Infection Control Team, Microbiology Department, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France; UR DYNAMYC 7380, Faculté de Santé, Univ Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC), Enva, USC ANSES, Créteil, France.
• ³ UR DYNAMYC 7380, Faculté de Santé, Univ Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC), Enva, USC ANSES, Créteil, France; Parasitology and Mycology Unit, Microbiology Department, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France.
• ⁴ Infection Control Team, Microbiology Department, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France; UR DYNAMYC 7380, Faculté de Santé, Univ Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC), Enva, USC ANSES, Créteil, France. Electronic address: jean-winoc.decousser@aphp.fr.