title: Prevention of periprosthetic joint infection: new guidelines.
abstract: 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. Cite this article:Bone Joint J2017;99-B(4 Supple B):3-10.
authors.affiliation: Thomas Jefferson University, Rothman Institute Sheridan Building, Suite 1000, 25 S 9th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Parvizi
authors.affiliation: Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel and Thomas Jefferson University, Rothman Institute at Sheridan Building, Suite 1000, 125 S 9th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shohat
authors.affiliation: HELIOS ENDO-Klinik Hamburg, Holstrenstraße 2, 22767 Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gehrke
mesh_terms: D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007595:Joint Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*
keywords: Guidelines; Periprosthetic joint infection; Prevention; Surgical site infection