Prosthetic Joint Infection Trends at a Dedicated Orthopaedics Specialty Hospital

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:14.22em"/><col style="width:4.56em"/><col style="width:4.26em"/><col style="width:5.19em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_center">Infected</td><td class="align_center">Overall</td><td class="align_center">Incidence</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">General university hospital</td><td class="align_center">19</td><td class="align_center">1325</td><td class="align_center">1.43%</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Dedicated orthopaedics hospital</td><td class="align_center">68</td><td class="align_center">9055</td><td class="align_center">0.75%</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 1: Prosthetic Joint Infection Trends at a Dedicated Orthopaedics Specialty Hospital 