Deep infection after total knee replacement: Impact of laminar airflow systems and body exhaust suits in the modern operating room

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 222-226

  Miner, Andrew L ^a,d   Losina, Elena ^b,e   Katz, Jeffrey N ^b,c   Fossel, Anne H ^b   Platt, Richard ^a,c,d  

^a CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Division of Rheumatology Immunology and Allergy   (United States)

^c Department of Orthopaedic Surgery ^*  (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LAMINAR AIRFLOW; OPERATING ROOM; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33847756447     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/509852     Document Type: Article

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