Knowledge and attitudes of orthopedic surgeons regarding prosthesis joint infection

Table 4 Participants' answers to the questions that examine attitudes towards periprosthetic joint infection

	Never		Rarely		Occasionally		Frequently		Always
	Frequency	%	Frequency	%	Frequency	%	Frequency	%	Frequency	%
Do you consult your patients to the dentist before total knee or hip arthroplasty?	94	35.6	61	23.1	61	23.1	21	8	27	10.2
Do you perform urine screening prior to elective arthroplasty of a patient with no symptoms of urinary tract infection?	119	45.1	25	9.5	22	8.3	21	8	77	29.2
Do you delay elective arthroplasty of asymptomatic patients with bacteriuria?	186	70.5	14	5.3	29	11	14	5.3	21	8
Do you screen your patients for nasal MRSA carriage prior to elective arthroplasty?	179	67	28	10.6	20	7.6	9	3.4	28	10.6
Do you recommend chlorhexidine bathing to your patients before elective arthroplasty?	117	44.3	15	5.7	35	13.3	19	7.2	78	29.5
Do you administer surgical prophylaxis in the second stage of the two-stage revision surgery?	10	3.8	0	0	13	4.9	10	3.8	231	87.5
Do you pay attention to the fact that the prophylaxis agent covers the patient's previously isolated prosthetic infection agent?	11	4.2	2	0.8	9	3.4	16	6.1	226	85.6
Do you administer surgical prophylaxis for a mega prosthesis (TM prosthesis) longer than 24 h?	40	15.2	8	3	27	10.2	26	9.8	163	61.7
Do you have your patients wear a mask during arthroplasty surgery?	214	81.1	15	5.7	14	5.3	5	1.9	16	6.1

MRSA: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.