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Cost Benefit Analysis Of Athletic Team Coverage By An Orthopaedic Practice, Brandon Eck, Bs, Fotios Tjoumakaris, Md, Matthew Pepe, Md, Kevin Freedman, Md, Katherine Bagnato, Atc, Bradford Tucker, Md

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Introduction

- Coverage of high school football by an orthopaedic practice is considered standard of care in many localities.

- Taking time away from an orthopaedic practice to provide on ­field athletic care has potential advantages and disadvantages.

- To this date, the economic value of this endeavor has never been investigated.

- Purpose: to perform a cost/benefi­t analysis of local high school sports coverage by an orthopaedic sports medicine practice.

Risk Factors For Surgical Site Infection Following Total Joint Arthroplasty, Mohammad Rasouli, Md, Camilo Restrepo, Md, Mitchell Maltenfort, Phd, James J. Purtill, Md, Javad Parvizi, Md

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Surgical Site Infection (SSI) after total joint arthroplasty (TJA) is a rare but devastating complication1. In spite of improvement in the prevention of SSI, these infections are still a signi­ficant cause of morbidity in surgical patients2. Management of Hospital Acquired infections (HAI) including SSI poses a huge economic burden on healthcare3. As part of the mission to reduce the burden of HAI, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued guidelines for the prevention of SSI that are currently being updated4. In addition, CDC requires all hospitals to report HAI through the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) surveillance …