Prevention Techniques Have Had Minimal Impact on the Population Rate of Prosthetic Joint Infection for Primary Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: A National Database Study.

Individual peer-reviewed publications have presented infection control modalities demonstrating dramatic decreases in infection rate while analysis at a population level shows almost no changes in infection rate over a 15-year time period. This study supports continued investigation for influential modalities in preventing periprosthetic joint infection and care in patient selection for primary hip and knee arthroplasty.