Keywords: American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM); C. acnes; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI); Federal Drug Administration (FDA); International Standards Organization (ISO); animal models; arthroplasty registries; colonization; colonization patterns; culture-negative PJI; device-associated infection; joint registries; methicillin-resistant Staphylococcal aureus (MRSA); microbiome; novel anti-infective technologies; organism profile; regulatory bodies; research.