Researches in orthopedic wound infection

The roles of personnel, clean air, and the patient in the contamination of clean orthopedic wounds have been investigated over a three-year period. Personnel control showed striking decreases in operative infection rates. Wound cultures failed to show specific routes of infection. Microspheres were...

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Published inClinical orthopaedics and related research no. 208; p. 28
Main Author Wiley, A M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.07.1986
Subjects
Environmental Microbiology
Humans
Operating Rooms
Orthopedics
Surgical Wound Infection - microbiology
Surgical Wound Infection - transmission
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Summary:The roles of personnel, clean air, and the patient in the contamination of clean orthopedic wounds have been investigated over a three-year period. Personnel control showed striking decreases in operative infection rates. Wound cultures failed to show specific routes of infection. Microspheres were useful tracers for contamination of a clean air operating room and indicated that residual wound contamination occurred from surgical personnel or from the patient's skin.
ISSN:0009-921X
DOI:10.1097/00003086-198607000-00006