Infection Prevention & Control
Hip Operations
Blackrock Clinic is committed to best practice in infection control and health improvement measures.
Wound infections
Wound infections for hip operations are very low.
Statistics
| Year |
Number of Hip Operations |
Incidences of wound infections following hip surgery |
% |
| 2008 |
360 |
3 |
0.8% |
| 2009 |
333 |
5 |
1.5% |
| 2010 Q1 Q2 |
169 |
6 |
3.5% |
How do we keep our wound infection rates low?
- Most patient rooms are single occupancy with their own toilet
- We have a dedicated Infection Control Nurse
- Our staff are trained in hand hygiene and their performance in this area is regularly monitored
- We screen all high risk patients for MRSA carriage prior to admission