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Traffic in the operating room during joint replacement is a multidisciplinary problem

Author(s) -

Martin Bédard,

Rémi Pelletier-Roy,

Mathieu Angers-Goulet,

Pierre-Alexandre Leblanc,

Stéphane Pelet

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.011914

Subject(s) - medicine , joint arthroplasty , orthopedic surgery , nursing staff , joint replacement , arthroplasty , total knee arthroplasty , emergency medicine , surgery , medical emergency , anesthesia , nursing

Door openings disrupt the laminar air flow and increase the bacterial count in the operating room (OR). We aimed to define the incidence of door openings in the OR during primary total joint arthroplasty (TJA) surgeries and determine whether measures were needed and/or possible to reduce OR staff traffic.

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