MUSCULOSKELETAL INFECTION: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ECONOMICAL IMPACT OF INTRAHOSPITAL PRESCRIPTION

Infection of the musculoskeletal (MSK) system is a dreaded complication that seems to be on the rise. Many factors, such as resistant bacteria or poor host factors, may influence such rise. This increase leads to greater resource consumption, especially due to antibiotic (ATB) prescription. Strategies must be created to detect patients at risk and prevent such infections. Hospital administrators should be made aware of the costs and impact of MSK infections in order to understand the need to prevent such complications.Therefore, our goal is to characterize the infected orthopaedic patient and evaluate the cost associated with ATB prescription in such cases.This is a retrospective and descriptive study, based on patient record analysis of all patients treated at our department, from January 2013 to March 2015.We identified 177 patients with a MSK infection and an isolated infectious agent.There was no predominance of either sex. Approximately 50% of patients were aged between 66 and 85 years old.Most frequ...