Bacterial contamination rate and associated factors during bone and tendon allograft procurement from Spanish donors

CONCLUSIONFactors related to the extraction procedure such as the total extraction time, the extraction sequence, the number of samples extracted and their anatomical location, play a major role in allograft contamination. Further procedure optimization guided by the contamination patterns analyzed in the present study should help to increase tissue availability.
Source: Journal of Hospital Infection - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research