Epidemiological surveillance of surgical site infections in large joint replacement

Abstract

Joint replacement is a reliable and effective surgery that allows profound pain relief and restores joint function in patients. Despite the progress made and the experience gained in joint replacement, surgical site infection is one of the leading postoperative complications. It can proceed as a periprosthetic joint infection, osteomyelitis, sepsis and lead to disabled or dead outcomes. Systematization of risk factors for infectious complications plays an important role as an element of epidemiological surveillance system optimization. Age, the presence of concomitant diseases (for example, diabetes mellitus, cancer, arthritis and systemic collagenosis), carriage of antimicrobial-resistant microorganisms, infectious and inflammation both outside and in the area of surgery, and external factors (surgery duration, correct antibiotic prophylaxis and surgeon's experience) are the most significant risk factors for periprosthetic joint infection. In world practice, the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System surgical site infection risk index is used. This criterion does not consider all potential risk factors. It is important to analyze and rank the identified risk factors according to the impact on the development of infectious complications in organizing an epidemiological surveillance system process in a medical organization. Risk factors analysis will identify the most significant modifiable factors for the development, implementation and execution of organizational, preventive measures and epidemic control. The creation and implementation of a standardized preoperative protocol based on a risk factors assessment will allow predicting the surgery outcome and arguing the strategy and tactic of preventive measures.

Keywords

risk factors / joint replacement / prosthetic joint infection / surgical site infection

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