Abstract
Background: Theatre shoes are used daily by all staff however no current guidelines exist for their hygiene and management and pose a potential threat to introducing infection to theatre rooms. This can pose a particular threat to orthopaedic theatres. Assess a sample of Orthopaedic shoes for the presence of bacteria known to cause prosthetic joint infection, difference between named and communal shoes and to establish if shoes with abundant visible spatter carry more bacteria.
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