INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS MEETING ON

THE MISSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONSENSUS MEETING ON INFECTION IS TO ORGANIZE, WRITE, AND DISTRIBUTE CONSENSUS STATEMENTS AND OTHER GUIDELINES IN THE FIELD OF ORTHOPAEDICS. THE ICMI IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVE AND STANDARDIZE PATIENT CARE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT DECISIONS BASED ON INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION WITH TOP EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF ORTHOPAEDICS AND BASED ON A THOROUGH REVIEW OF AVAILABLE LITERATURE, STANDARD PRACTICES, AND EXPERT OPINION REGARDING VARIOUS TOPICS IN ORTHOPAEDICS AND OTHER RELEVANT FIELDS SUCH AS INFECTION CONTROL. THE MISSION OF THE ICMI IS TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT OF MUSCULOSKELETAL INFECTIONS BY PUBLISHING CONSENSUS STATEMENTS DEVELOPED UTILIZING THE DELPHI METHOD OF LITERATURE REVIEW AND EXPERT CONSENSUS. CONSENSUS STATEMENTS CREATED FOLLOWING MEETINGS WILL BE DISSEMINATED TO THE ORTHOPAEDIC COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO IMPACT PATIENT CARE AROUND THE GLOBE.