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Assessment of theatre shoe contamination in an orthopaedic theatre
K Clesham1, P R Ryan2, C G Murphy1
1Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland.
Abstract:
Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a devastating complication of arthroplasty. Numerous protocols reduce potential risk for PJI peri-operatively, but none exist for the management of theatre shoes. Our aim was to assess for bacteria known to cause prosthetic infection on theatre shoes. Forty theatre shoes were analysed; there were coagulase-negative staphylococci on 65% (N = 25), meticillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus on 40% (N = 16), and meticillin-resistant S. aureus on 25% (N = 10). Amount of blood spatter correlated poorly with microbial contamination. Shoes harbouring Gram-positive bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant strains, provide a potential route of transmission to the theatre environment.
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