Challenges for quality control of institutional bone banking in developing countries

To the Editor—To assess the contamination rate of retrieved bone allografts and the infection rate after bone allotransplantation, we performed the retrospective review of 2 audits to evaluate the quality of bone bank activities in the University hospital in Central Serbia using data from January 20...

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Published in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2022-06, Vol.43 (6), p.808-810
Main Authors: Stepanovic, Zeljko L., Ristic, Branko M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibodies
Audits
Bacterial infections
Developing countries
Hepatitis C
Hospitals
LDCs
Letter to the Editor
Quality control
Serology
Skin & tissue grafts
Staphylococcus infections
Surgical site infections
Trauma
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Summary:To the Editor—To assess the contamination rate of retrieved bone allografts and the infection rate after bone allotransplantation, we performed the retrospective review of 2 audits to evaluate the quality of bone bank activities in the University hospital in Central Serbia using data from January 2007–December 2019. Bone allograft-related surgical site infections (SSIs) were recognized and analyzed by surgeons and institutional infection control personnel according to widely accepted surveillance methods for SSI.6 Results The ratio between the overall number of procurement procedures and the origin of bone allografts was statistically highly significant in the second audit compared to the first survey (Table 1). The overall allograft-related infection rate after 13 years of bone banking was 1.80%. [...]4 recipients (2.22%) in the first survey developed surgical site infections (SSIs) following trauma surgery.
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1017/ice.2021.102