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Podcast: A Tale of Two Hygienists Podcast
Episode: Fast Facts: Perio Edition "Prosthetic Joint Infections & Antibiotics"
Description: On this week's episode of Fast Facts - Perio Edition your host, Katrina Sanders, RDH talks to us about Prosthetic Joint Infections & Antibiotics. Highlighting a Mayo Clinic study that provides information about premedication guidelines relating to our profession!  Quotes:  "This study took 339 patients that experienced a prosthetic joint infection and compared those patients to 339 patients who did have a prosthetic joint but were uninfected."  "60 percent of nosocomial infections occur by drug resistant microorganisms."  "Approximately 13.5% of joint infection cases were associated with bacterial flora of ora...