title: The procurement team as a factor of bone allograft contamination.
abstract: We studied the effect of the procurement team on the risk of contamination in 270 large bone allografts retrieved from 53 non-living donors under strictly aseptic conditions.The overall contamination rate was 8.1%. When the procurement team was constituted by three or less members the contamination rate was 5.6%, while if there were four or more members the rate was 12.9%; this difference was significant in the statistical analysis.We conclude that a procurement team constituted by three or less trained members is a determinant factor in decreasing the bacterial contamination rate of bone allografts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery/Bone Bank, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Segur
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suso
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Combalía
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fariñas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Llovera