Toul Meditech - Lösungen

“ Many infections in the OR environment are due to unclean instruments that have been contami nated by airborne bacteria carrying particles.”

Prävention und Heilung von postoperativen Wundinfektionen (SSI) stellen eine enorme Belastung für medizinische und finanzielle Ressourcen dar - während der Operation und bei der postoperativen Versorgung in der Klinik. SSI generieren Kosten für die Gesellschaft und bedeutendes Leiden für die Patienten, das oft zu verlängerten Klinikaufenthalten führt und damit wiederum Kosten verursacht. Die Einführung strengerer Hygieneanforderungen und -vorschriften hat einige Verbesserungen gebracht, doch das Problem gibt immer noch Anlass zur Sorge.

Eine Hauptursache von SSI ist die Kontaminierung der Raumluft mit bakteriell verunreinigten Hautpartikeln, die sich auf sterilen Oberflächen ablagern können. Typischerweise werden etwa 50-200 Kolonien bildende Einheiten pro Kubikmeter (cfu/m³) Luft in konventionell belüfteten OPs gefunden. Als häufigste Bakterienquelle wird das OP-Personal betrachtet, das in der näheren Umgebung der Operationsstelle arbeitet.

Toul Meditech mobile laminar airflow units have been used in Scandinavia since 2003, providing an ultraclean, horizontal flow of air directly over the surgical site and instruments and acting as a barrier to minimize the presence of bacteria-carrying particles.

Toul Meditech systems are ready for use following delivery and a minimal installation and can be used in different locations within a hospital or shared between hospitals.

	•		Suitable for any surgical situation or application
	•		Minimal training time
	•		Fast pre-operative set-up time
	•		Safe, hygienic operations with airflow focused on the wound area or the instruments, undisturbed by staff or equipment.
	•		Eliminate risk of contamination of operating tools, implants or prostheses
	•		Validated for surgical environments
	•		No rebuilding costs required.

The installation of Toul Meditech units has far-reaching benefits, not just in patient healthcare, but in the financial sector of the hospital. Altogether the payback time is very short - avoid one infection and the investment has paid for itself.

The installation of Toul Meditech systems is a ‘money-saver" for hospitals and for insurance companies - shorter hospital stays, no re-operations, no unnecessary patient suffering caused by infections and no loss of income. The increased number of operations due to a faster flow of patients is also a ‘money earner' for private hospitals and insurance companies.

	•		increased productivity and efficiency
	•		reduced cost of patient care
	•		faster throughput in operating rooms
	•		low running costs
	•		ready to use and easy to handle.
	•		no structural alterations needed
	•		no air installation needed

Jede Infektion schafft unnötiges Leiden für den Patienten und generiert erhebliche Kosten für das Krankenhaus

Statistics from Samariterhemmet, part of Uppsala University Hospital during 10 years of day surgical procedures with the use of TOUL 300 & TOUL 400 units since 2003.