Infection prevention strategies in shoulder surgery: A survey of fellowship-trained shoulder surgeons.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Infection is a major complication with modifiable risk factors. We aimed to report current infection control strategies used by fellowship-trained shoulder surgeons.

Methods

Members of the Shoulder and Elbow Society of Australia were invited to participate in an anonymous electronic REDCap survey. Data is presented as median(IQR) or n(%).

Results

Seventy surgeons with 18 (9-25) years of post-fellowship experience, who performed 250 (150-400) shoulder operations, and 50 (21-79) shoulder replacements annually responded. Staphylococcus aureus screening was performed by 11% pre-arthroscopy versus 44% pre-arthroplasty (26% and 50% gave decolonization regimens respectively). 21% prescribed anti-Cutibacterium acnes regimens pre-arthroscopy, versus 31

SUBMITTER: Ting RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12558903 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature