BAJIR Bone & Joint Infection Registry

The Bone and Joint Infection Registry (BAJIR) is a national project that aims to improve our understanding of infections in both normal bones and joints as well as those infections that happen after operations such as joint replacements or fracture fixations.

These infections can be difficult to treat and often require timely, efficient treatment by a specialist team of surgeons, microbiologists and radiologists, who work together and are experienced in managing these problems, in order to get the best possible outcome for each and every patient.

The aim of the BAJIR registry is to collect nationwide data to improve current care, as well as to provide the right tools to guide future treatments and areas for further research.

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About BAJIR

The BAJIR database is the UK Bone and Joint Infection Registry. It is designed to collect data on all patients with bone and joint infections in the UK. The information will be used to better understand bone and joint infections and how best to treat them. It will also be used to assess and improve the quality of services across the NHS to achieve better outcomes for patients with these conditions. In the long term it will provide comparative information to patients, commissioners and regulators of healthcare professionals.

From 2018 medical staff treating patients with a new diagnosis of a bone or joint infection began collecting information on the BAJIR registry. The registry is hosted by Northumbria Healthcare NHS foundation trust and overseen by steering committee of medical professionals including orthopaedic surgeons and microbiology doctors who specialise in treating these bone and joint infections. The registry software is designed and managed by Dendrite clinical systems.

BAJIR Steering Committee

Mike Reed (Chair)
Tim Petheram (Treasurer)
Iain McNamara (Research Lead)
Mike Petrie (Engagement Lead)
Anji Kingman (PROMs and Administration Lead)
Luke Farrow (Data Quality and Governance Lead)
Jerry Tsang (Data Analytics Lead)
Kavi Patel (FRI Lead)
Tom Baldock, Ananth Srinivasan, Hamish Lowden (BAJIR Fellows 2024-2025)
Niraj Vetharajan (Webmaster)
James Masters (Member at large)

Andy Toms (BASK)
Simon Jameson (BHS)
Amar Rangan (BESS)
Rhidian Morgan-Jones (BOA / BAJIS)
Ian Sharpe (BOFAS)
Will Eardley (BTS)
Erik Lenguerrand (Scientist)
Lucinda Barrett (Microbiologist)
Neil Jenkins (Microbiologist)
Martin Sarungi (Scotland)
Nigel Westwood (Patient representative)
Deepa Bose (Member at large)
Adam Watts (Member at large)
Pedro Foguet (Member at large)
Jamie Ferguson (Member at large)
Abtin Alvand (Member at large)