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  • Title: Contamination of operating room personnel during total arthroplasty.
    Author: Smith RC, Mooar PA, Cooke T, Sherk HH.
    Journal: Clin Orthop Relat Res; 1991 Oct; (271):9-11. PubMed ID: 1914319.
    Abstract:
    The authors prospectively evaluated the degree of contamination to the operating room team during 60 consecutive total joint arthroplasties. Each member of the team was required to wear a hood, mask, protective eyewear, and shoecovers. At the conclusion of each procedure, all members were assessed in terms of degree and location of contamination. One hundred percent of the surgeons and first assistants were exposed. The face and eyewear were noted to be the area of greatest contamination. The authors found orthopedic surgeons to be at significant risk of contamination with blood and body fluids during total joint arthroplasty.
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