Directed Air Flow to Reduce Airborne Particulate and Bacterial Contamination in the Surgical Field During Total Hip Arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 771-776

  Stocks, Gregory W ^a   O'Connor, Daniel P ^b   Self, Sean D ^c   Marcek, Geoff A ^c   Thompson, Brandon L ^a  

^a Fondren Orthopedic Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c Nimbic Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Infection; Intraoperative; Operating room

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; AIRBORNE PARTICULATE; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; SURGICAL WOUND; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; VENTILATOR;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FILTRATION; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; OPERATING ROOMS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VENTILATION;

EID: 79960467931     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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