Keywords: C-reactive protein (CRP); active septic arthritis; arthroscopy; aseptic failure; erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR); fungal arthritis; joint arthroplasty; joint infection risk; osteomyelitis; outpatient arthroplasty; outpatient total joint arthroplasty; periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) risk; preoperative screening; prior arthroscopy; septic arthritis; surgical site infection (SSI) risk; total hip arthroplasty; total knee arthroplasty; tubercular arthritis.