Influence of environmental temperature and heatwaves on surgical site infection after hip and knee arthroplasty: A nationwide study

Authors

L Damonti, University of Bern
A Atkinson, University of Bern
L Fontannaz, Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
J P Burnham, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
P Jent, University of Bern
N Troillet, Valais Hospital
A Widmer, University of Basel
J Marschall, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
for Swissnoso
National Center for Infection Control

Journal

Journal of Hospital Infection

Publication Date

5-1-2023

Volume

135

First Page

125

Last Page

131

Document Type

Open Access Publication

DOI

10.1016/j.jhin.2023.03.014

Rights and Permissions

Damonti L, Atkinson A, Fontannaz L, Burnham JP, Jent P, Troillet N, Widmer A, Marschall J; for Swissnoso; National Center for Infection Control. Influence of environmental temperature and heatwaves on surgical site infection after hip and knee arthroplasty: a nationwide study. J Hosp Infect. 2023 May;135:125-131. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2023.03.014. Copyright 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The Healthcare Infection Society. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Recommended Citation

Damonti, L; Atkinson, A; Fontannaz, L; Burnham, J P; Jent, P; Troillet, N; Widmer, A; Marschall, J; for Swissnoso; and National Center for Infection Control, "Influence of environmental temperature and heatwaves on surgical site infection after hip and knee arthroplasty: A nationwide study." Journal of Hospital Infection. 135, 125 - 131. (2023).
https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/oa_4/5393

Department

ICTS (Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences)

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