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BONE & JOINT JOURNAL
Volume 95B, Issue 11, Pages 1450-1452Publisher
BRITISH EDITORIAL SOC BONE JOINT SURGERY
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.95B11.33135
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- Zimmer
- 3M
- Link
- Biomet
- CeramTec
- Convatec
- Exactech
- Tecres
- Stryker
- Aesculap
- Endoklinik
- Rothman Institute
- Thomas Jefferson University
- Merete
- Smith Nephew
- Arthrex
- Musculoskeletal Infection Society
- Molnlycke
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Cempra
- Cubist
- Medtronics and Nimbic Systems
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Louis Pasteur once said that: Fortune favours the prepared mind. As one of the great scientists who contributed to the fight against infection, he emphasised the importance of being prepared at all times to recognise infection and deal with it. Despite the many scientific discoveries and technological advances, such as the advent of antibiotics and the use of sterile techniques, infection continues to be a problem that haunts orthopaedic surgeons and inflicts suffering on patients. The medical community has implemented many practices with the intention of preventing infection and treating it effectively when it occurs. Although high-level evidence may support some of these practices, many are based on little to no scientific foundation. Thus, around the world, there is great variation in practices for the prevention and management of periprosthetic joint infection. This paper summaries the instigation, conduct and findings of a recent International Consensus Meeting on Surgical Site and Periprosthetic Joint Infection.
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