Title: Why orthopedic patients still catch hospital infections despite the practice of infection prevention and control programs & can hospital Osteomyelitis be treated without the use of antibiotics?

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Abstract

Statement of the problem: Very few publications provide sound scientific data used to determine which components are essential for Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) programs in terms of effectiveness in reducing the risk of infection. As surgical procedures are common in the orthopedics specialty, the difficulty in preventing infections influences the orthopedic treatment outcome. The purpose of this study was to show why patients still catch hospital infections despite IPC programs. A better understanding of a variety of theories could explain the physiopathology of diverse diseases described in the medical past history, as in Traditional Chinese Medicine. A broader view seems to show the necessity of seeing the patient completely; not only focusing on the disease in the prevention of these hospital infections. The methodology used was a review of these theories such as those presented by Hippocrates (“Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.”), as well as others from oriental medicine, which explain that diseases originate from three factors: external (exposure to cold, heat, humidity, wind and dryness), internal (emotional) and dietary.