Bone Joint J 2017;99-B(4 Supple B):3–10.

Prevention of periprosthetic joint infection

J. Parvizi, N. Shohat, T. Gehrke

Ankle Elbow Hip Knee Shoulder Wrist

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published guidelines for the prevention of surgical site infection. The WHO guidelines, if implemented worldwide, could have an immense impact on our practices and those of the CDC have implications for healthcare policy in the United States.

Our aim was to review the strategies for prevention of periprosthetic joint infection in light of these and other recent guidelines.

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