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Ultraviolet radiation and the control of airborne contamination in the operating room by Lidwell, O M

“…Ultraviolet irradiation has been employed in operating rooms for more than half a century in attempts to reduce airborne bacterial contamination. Safety…”
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Clean air at operation and subsequent sepsis in the joint by Lidwell, O M

“…When Charnley and others began to do substantial numbers of arthroplasties, they met a high incidence of subsequent failure from sepsis. There was at that time…”
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Air, antibiotics and sepsis in replacement joints by Lidwell, O M

“…Reducing bacterial contamination of the wound by limiting dispersal from the operating staff through the wearing of special occlusive clothing and by employing…”
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Effect Of Ultraclean Air In Operating Rooms On Deep Sepsis In The Joint After Total Hip Or Knee Replacement: A Randomised Study by Lidwell, O. M., Lowbury, E. J. L., Whyte, W., Blowers, R., Stanley, S. J., Lowe, D.

“…In a multicentre study of sepsis after total hip or knee replacement the operations performed by each surgeion were allocated at random between control and…”
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Infection and failure rates: is my infection (failure) rate too high?; is this (simplified) new procedure as good? by Lidwell, O M

“…Some tables and methods are presented for the ready evaluation of data when incidence rates are low and the observed numbers small. The difficulty inherent in…”
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Ultraclean air and antibiotics for prevention of postoperative infection. A multicenter study of 8,052 joint replacement operations by Lidwell, O M, Elson, R A, Lowbury, E J, Whyte, W, Blowers, R, Stanley, S J, Lowe, D

“…To determine the value of ultraclean air in operating rooms, 8,052 operations for total hip- or knee-joint replacement were followed up for 1-4 years. For…”
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Airborne contamination of wounds in joint replacement operations: the relationship to sepsis rates by Lidwell, O M, Lowbury, E J, Whyte, W, Blowers, R, Stanley, S J, Lowe, D

“…During operations for total joint replacement done in operating rooms with conventional ventilation the mean air contamination varied considerably among the 15…”
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The problem of showing that a changed treatment is no worse than the old by Lidwell, O M

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Suggested bacteriological standards for air in ultraclean operating rooms by Whyte, W, Lidwell, O M, Lowbury, E J, Blowers, R

“…Bacteriological standards for the air in ultraclean operating rooms are needed since physical tests alone cannot guarantee satisfactory results. 10 m-3 is…”
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Sepsis after Total Hip or Knee Joint Replacement in Relation to Airborne Contamination [and Discussion] by Lidwell, O. M., Howorth, F. H.

“…The beginning of aseptic surgery was marked by the hypothesis that surgical infection might be caused by particles from the air. The importance of other ways…”
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The economics of sepsis control by Lidwell, O M

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The cost implications of clean air systems and antibiotic prophylaxis in operations for total joint replacement by Lidwell, O M

“…The effect on sepsis of the use of prophylactic antibiotics and measures for reducing the level of airborne contamination in the operating room has been…”
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Bacteria isolated from deep joint sepsis after operation for total hip or knee replacement and the sources of the infections with Staphylococcus aureus by Lidwell, O M, Lowbury, E J, Whyte, W, Blowers, R, Stanley, S J, Lowe, D

“…A wide variety of bacterial species, many usually regarded as of low pathogenicity, were isolated from septic joints after operation for total hip or knee…”
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Bacterial counts obtained with a centrifugal (RCS) sampler by Lidwell, O M

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Sir John Charnley, surgeon (1911-82): the control of infection after total joint replacement by Lidwell, O M

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Apparent improvement in the outcome of hip or knee-joint replacement operations over the period of a prospective study by Lidwell, O. M.

“…The apparent reduction in the incidence of subsequent joint sepsis and of re-operation without evidence of infection during the course of a prospective study…”
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The size distribution of airborne particles carrying micro-organisms by Noble, W. C., Lidwell, O. M., Kingston, D.

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Air exchange through doorways. The effect of temperature difference, turbulence and ventilation flow by Lidwell, O. M.

“…Analytical expressions have been derived for the exchange of air across doorways or similar apertures, in terms of the temperature difference between the…”
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Infection and sepsis after operations for total hip or knee-joint replacement: influence of ultraclean air, prophylactic antibiotics and other factors by Lidwell, O. M., Lowbury, E. J. L., Whyte, W., Blowers, R., Stanley, S. J., Lowe, D.

“…Operating in ultraclean air and the prophylactic use of antibiotics have been found to reduce the incidence of joint sepsis confirmed at re-operation, after…”
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Water Content of Saliva Dried at Various Humidities by LIDWELL, O. M

“…IN calculations relating to the aerial bactericidal action of certain α-hydroxy acids, it was noted that the calculated rates of diffusion of these acids into…”
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