Operating Room Traffic in Total Joint Arthroplasty

Background:. Periprosthetic joint infection remains a devastating complication of total joint arthroplasty (TJA). The literature suggests that unnecessary operating room (OR) traffic increases the risk of surgical site infection by increasing bacterial load in the OR. We attempted to determine wheth...

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Main Authors: Nathaniel S. Osborn, DO, Christopher L. Hoehmann, DO, Richard McCormack, MD, Jonathan Owens, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2020-09-01
Series:JBJS Open Access
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/jbjsoa/fulltext/10.2106/JBJS.OA.20.00015