National service evaluation of local antibiotic use in complex fractures across the UK. Building evidence to guide future research and national guidelines.

Joined November 2025
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PACT (Prophylactic Antibiotics in Complex Trauma) retweeted
Rates of superficial and deep infection were significantly higher in patients with acute diabetic surgery. #Diabetes #DiabeticSurgery #Infection #Surgery @Jenna_Shphrd @jitmangwani ow.ly/p6gi50Z7aqc
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PACT (Prophylactic Antibiotics in Complex Trauma) retweeted
The power of collaborative research featuring in the @JournalOfTandO this month with CORNET Chair Rebecca Martin proudly representing the North East 💪🏼 #orthotwitter #ortho #research #training
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PACT has just finished its first week of data collection 🥳 Thank you to all collaborators 🙏 Keep up the good work 💪 #orthotwitter #collab #research #trauma #traumaresearch @BritOrthopaedic @bota_uk @OTrauma
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PACT (Prophylactic Antibiotics in Complex Trauma) retweeted
Exciting Opportunity: BOA/ORUK Research Fellowship Two fellowships of up to £65,000 are available for research in any area of orthopaedics. BOA Members at any trainee grade, post-CCT members and SAS surgeons are invited to apply. Have a project in mind? Now’s the time to take it forward. Deadline: 10th June 2026 👉 Find out more and apply: bit.ly/4usI3M4 @OR_UK
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Congrats #Bristol @borg_bristol First to upload data for the UK PACT study 🥳 Keep up the excellent work 💪 #ortho #orthotwitter #collab #research @BritOrthopaedic @bota_uk
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We now have a cool poster you can use in your local department 👍🦴🏥
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Nearly 80 UK hospitals interested in the PACT study with Aberdeen the newest to register 🏥 Any final hospitals wanting join this collaboration looking to see how we manage tibia fractures? 🦴 #ortho #orthotwitter #orthoresearch #Trauma
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🏥Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, are the latest to join the UK PACT Study! 🥳 Check out who else is collaborating on this project .... sites.google.com/view/pactst…
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💯 collaborators have now registered for PACT 🥳 Trainee collaborative research is taking off in the UK💪 #orthotwitter #Collaboration #Orthopedics
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💉 What antibiotics are used in complex tibial fractures across the UK? Following @BOTA_UK Dragons’ Den with @deboraheastwood @BanasziewiczP @HPandit_ortho, we’re approaching 100 collaborators!🥳 Great to see trainee-led research gaining momentum🇬🇧 #OrthoTwitter #TandO
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Nearly 50 hospitals registered already 🥳Register your hospital for the PACT study using this QR code……@bota_uk
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📣 UK PACT – National Service Evaluation We’re running a UK service evaluation looking at complex fractures and antibiotic prophylaxis. 🧾 Low workload 📍 All UK hospitals welcome 📄 Named collaborators included in publications 👉 Register interest: forms.gle/HvhSTto4NzuDdWNH9
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Local antibiotics in complex fractures: what’s actually happening in UK practice? 🦴💉🔨 The PACT study aims to find out and fill the evidence gap highlighted by @NICEComms and @LindAlliance . Poster below ⬇️
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