Educating patients with hemophilia on the proper use of IV self-infusion may significantly reduce the risk of periprosthetic joint infection after joint replacement, according to results presented at the World Federation of Hemophilia Annual Meeting.

In 2005, James Luck, MD, of the Orthopaedic Institute for Children, and colleagues started a protocol to educate patients with hemophilia on a sterile technique for IV self-infusion, emphasizing the high risk of late infection that may be related to IV self-infusion.