Preventing Total Hip and Total Knee Surgical Site Infections in a Multi-hospital System through Numerous Interventions Including Standardized Infection Ratios
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) published postoperative knee replacement infection rates ranging from 0.68% to 1.60% from 2006-2008 depending on patient risk. Reported postoperative hip replacement infection rates ranged fr...
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Published in | American journal of infection control Vol. 41; no. 6; pp. S111 - S112 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
St. Louis
Mosby, Inc
01.06.2013
Mosby-Year Book, Inc |
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Summary: | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) published postoperative knee replacement infection rates ranging from 0.68% to 1.60% from 2006-2008 depending on patient risk. Reported postoperative hip replacement infection rates ranged from 0.67% to 2.4%. Periprosthetic joint infection is a complication of total joint replacement resulting in significant morbidity, pain, loss of function, potential removal of the prosthesis, and an increased cost to hospitals. |
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ISSN: | 0196-6553 1527-3296 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.03.226 |