introduction: in health care services, preventing problems and failures is more efficient than concentrating on correcting them. repairs are always expensive, as they require highly specialized personnel and costly spare parts. regular inspecting and servicing, using manual services and checklists, would maximize the impact of maintenance and minimize the costs. it is thus important to introduc...

Background: Polymethylmethacrylate antibiotic impregnated beads can be an effective treatment for chronicosteomyelitis or an adjuvant in the treatment of open fractures. It remains unclear however whether the beads causelong-term adverse events if not removed. The purpose of this study was to determine if removal of antibiotic beads wasrequired in order to avoid long term comp...

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