Knowledge and attitudes of orthopedic surgeons regarding prosthesis joint infection

Table 6 Participants' answers to the questions that examine their knowledge

Participants' answers	Never		Rarely		Occasionally		Frequently		Always
	Frequency	%	Frequency	%	Frequency	%	Frequency	%	Frequency	%
The patient should consult the dentist before total knee or hip arthroplasty	20	7.6	37	14	63	23.9	15	5.7	57	21.6
A urinary test should be ordered for the patient with dysuria complaint during the preoperative stage of an arthroplasty operation	33	12.5	22	8.3	29	11	13	4.9	95	36
Surgical prophylaxis should be administered in the second stage of a two-stage revision surgery	16	6.1	2	0.8	5	1.9	11	4.2	158	59.8
Prophylaxis agents should involve the factor of previously isolated prosthesis infection	9	3.4	2	0.8	4	1.5	6	2.3	171	64.8
Gloves should be definitely changed after contact with cement	14	5.3	10	3.8	26	9.8	25	9.5	117	44.3
For the diagnosis of prosthesis infection, 3–5 culture samples should be obtained	11	4.2	5	1.9	19	7.2	20	7.6	137	51.9
Irrigation and debridement should be applied to the patient in case of persistent drainage that continues more than 1 week after the total hip and knee arthroplasty operation	19	7.2	21	8.0	51	19.3	16	6.1	85	32.2
Surgical prophylaxis should not be longer than 24 hours for a mega prosthesis	52	19.7	18	6.8	43	16.3	11	4.2	68	25.8
The risk of infection increases as the duration of surgery gets longer	4	1.5	3	1.1	4	1.5	3	1.1	178	67.4