The value of bacterial culture during clean orthopedic surgery: a prospective study of 1,036 patients

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : the Official Journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America
L BernardPierre Hoffmeyer

Abstract

To determine whether bacterial cultures of the wounds of patients undergoing clean orthopedic surgery would help predict infection. During 1 year, 1,256 cultures were performed for 1,102 patients who underwent clean orthopedic surgery. Results were analyzed to evaluate their ability to predict postoperative infection. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of the cultures were 38%, 92%, 7%, and 99%, respectively. Cultures performed during clean orthopedic surgery were not useful for predicting postoperative infection.

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