Hygiene Practices in Regional Anaesthesia – An International Survey

Dear friends and colleagues,

Regional anaesthesia is part of our daily clinical practice, and good hygiene is essential for patient safety. At the same time, hygiene standards and practices in regional anaesthesia vary widely across Europe. To date, there is no unified European recommendation addressing hygiene practices in regional anaesthesia.

With this survey, we would like to learn more about your local practice. We are particularly interested in the hygiene measures you apply in everyday clinical work. Your clinical experience, regardless of your ESRA membership status, is highly valuable. By collecting real-world data, we aim to identify both common ground and relevant differences across institutions and countries. These insights may help inform future ESRA recommendations.

The survey takes approximately 5 minutes to complete. Thank you for sharing your experience with the ESRA community!

Katharina Politt¹, Benjamin Vojnar¹, and Thomas Wiesmann<sup>1,2


1</sup> Marburg University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Marburg, Germany
² Department of Anaesthesiology, Operative Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Therapy, Diak Hospital, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

Data safety
All responses will be analyzed anonymously, and your data will be treated confidentially. It will be used exclusively for scientific purposes. Participation in the survey is voluntary and may be discontinued at any time without any disadvantage to you. We use the platform SurveyMonkey to conduct the survey (privacy policy available here).