Clinical Infection Service

The Infection service at RNOH is divided into:

• the general infection service
• the specialist orthopaedic infection service

The general infection service includes general clinical advice, laboratory liaison, infection prevention and control, and antimicrobial stewardship.

The specialist orthopaedic infection service is delivered by a multi-disciplinary team of consultant infection specialists, orthopaedic surgeons, clinical nurse specialists, and pharmacy staff and is responsible for pre-surgery planning, in-patient review, and post-operative follow up.

Patients requiring long courses of intravenous antibiotics or complex oral antibiotic regimens after discharge are monitored via the well established OPAT service operating a long distance model.

The service also sees a number of patients on long term antimicrobial suppression.

Referrals

The Orthopaedic Infection service currently does not accept direct referrals. All infection patients need a primary orthopaedic team and should be referred via the appropriate team page on this website.

Foot & Ankle Reconstruction Unit 

Limb reconstruction

Joint Reconstruction: hip 

Joint reconstruction: knee 

Shoulder and Elbow Unit 

Spinal Surgical Unit 

Bone and Soft Tissue Tumour Service