The delivery of an emergency audit response to a communicable disease outbreak can inform future orthopaedic investigations and clinical practice : lessons from IMPACT Hip Fracture Global Audits

Andrew J Hall; Nick D Clement; Alasdair M J MacLullich; A H R W Simpson; Antony Johansen; Tim O White; Andrew D Duckworth

doi:10.1302/2046-3758.116.BJR-2022-0061

The delivery of an emergency audit response to a communicable disease outbreak can inform future orthopaedic investigations and clinical practice : lessons from IMPACT Hip Fracture Global Audits

Bone Joint Res. 2022 Jun;11(6):346-348. doi: 10.1302/2046-3758.116.BJR-2022-0061.

Authors

Andrew J Hall^{1

2

3

4

5}, Nick D Clement^{2

3

4}, Alasdair M J MacLullich^{4

6}, A H R W Simpson⁵, Antony Johansen^{7

8}, Tim O White^{2

3

5}, Andrew D Duckworth^{2

3

5

9}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedics, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, UK.
² Edinburgh Orthopaedics, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
³ Scottish Orthopaedic Research Trust into Trauma (SORT-IT), Edinburgh, UK.
⁴ Scottish Hip Fracture Audit (SHFA), NHS National Services Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.
⁵ Department of Orthopaedics & Trauma, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
⁶ Department of Ageing & Health, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
⁷ University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
⁸ National Hip Fracture Database, Royal College of Physicians, London, UK.
⁹ Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

PMID: 35642472
PMCID: PMC9233410
DOI: 10.1302/2046-3758.116.BJR-2022-0061

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Keywords: COVID-19; Collaborative audit; Communicable disease; Frailty; Hip Fracture; Hip fracture; Infection; Meta-audit; Public health; Research methodology; Trauma & Orthopaedics; orthopaedic infection; periprosthetic femur fractures; retrospective cohort studies; trauma.