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To determine the impact of ultraclean operating room air, body-exhaust suits, and prophylactic antibiotics on the incidence of wound and deep joint sepsis following total hip or knee replacement.

December 1, 1984ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam)Open Access

Infection and sepsis after operations for total hip or knee-joint replacement: influence of ultraclean air, prophylactic antibiotics and other factors

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OLO. M. LidwellDorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust ELE. J. L. LowburyHarvard University WWW. WhyteUniversity of Glasgow

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Clinical study reveals ultraclean air and prophylactic antibiotics additively reduce joint sepsis after hip or knee replacement, suggesting combined environmental and antimicrobial prophylaxis.

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To determine the impact of ultraclean operating room air, body-exhaust suits, and prophylactic antibiotics on the incidence of wound and deep joint sepsis following total hip or knee replacement.
Followed patients undergoing total hip or knee-joint replacement for an average of 2.25 years (maximum 4 years).
Compared infection rates across conventional operating rooms versus ultraclean air environments with or without body-exhaust suits, alongside the use of prophylactic antibiotics.
Ultraclean air reduced confirmed deep joint sepsis approximately 2-fold, and 4.5-fold when paired with body-exhaust suits, while prophylactic antibiotics independently produced a 3- to 4-fold reduction with additive effects.
Major wound sepsis occurred in 2.3% of procedures performed without antibiotic cover in conventionally ventilated operating rooms, and was strongly linked to subsequent joint sepsis caused by Staphylococcus aureus.
Across follow-up, 86 cases of joint sepsis were confirmed at re-operation and 85 were suspected; suspected joint sepsis was reduced to 1/2.5 with ultraclean air and to 1/2.3 with prophylactic antibiotics.

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Lidwell et al. (1984) studied this question.

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Clinical study reveals ultraclean air and prophylactic antibiotics additively reduce joint sepsis after hip or knee replacement, suggesting combined environmental and antimicrobial prophylaxis.

Infection and sepsis after operations for total hip or knee-joint replacement: influence of ultraclean air, prophylactic antibiotics and other factors

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Infection and sepsis after operations for total hip or knee-joint replacement: influence of ultraclean air, prophylactic antibiotics and other factors

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