Forced-air warming and ultra-clean ventilation do not mix: An investigation of theatre ventilation, patient warming and joint replacement infection in orthopaedics

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 93 B, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1537-1544

  McGovern, P D ^a,b   Albrecht, M ^a,c   Belani, K G ^a,c   Nachtsheim, C ^a,d   Partington, P F ^a   Carluke, I ^a   Reed, M R ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; FORCED AIR WARMING; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; ULTRACLEAN VENTILATION; WARMING;

AGED; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR MOVEMENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BACTERIA; HEATING; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; KNEE JOINT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MANIKINS; OPERATING ROOMS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VENTILATION;

EID: 81155146008     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.93B11.27124     Document Type: Article

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