Thesis
Prevention of Surgical Site Infection in Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty
Washington State University
Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
05/2012
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/4217
Abstract
More than 900,000 total hip and knee replacement surgeries are performed in the United States annually. Of this number, it is estimated that 1 to 5% of total hip and knee arthroplasties will become infected. Such infections have costly consequences for the United States and for patients both financially and physically. Many methods for prevention of surgical site infection have been researched. Such methods include operative suite airflow and ultraviolet radiation, surgical personnel hygiene, barriers, and behaviors, as well as pre-operative preparation of the surgical client to include management of co-morbidities, antibiotic therapy and preparation of the surgical site. This paper explores these various methods for prevention of infection in total joint arthroplasty and more specifically of primary total knee and total hip arthroplasties and identifies the best practices.
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- Title
- Prevention of Surgical Site Infection in Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty
- Creators
- Amanda D. Roby
- Contributors
- Lorna Schumann (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Research Projects, College of Nursing
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Spokane, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900590726101842
- Copyright
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us; Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis