Procedures
All invasive procedures, operations, plastic
surgery, transplant surgery, hip or knee replacement, open heart
surgery, bypass and minor surgical procedures will come to a grinding
halt. This is the year we learn that the very technology we’ve created
to help us live more comfortable and, yes, often healthier lives will
turn around and
bite us-hard
In modern medical practice, up to 80% of
hospitalised patients undergo simple surgical techniques at some point during their admission. There is now considerable interest in changing the technique due to problems with
antibiotic resistant bacterial infection spreading in
our hospitals.
Results of various studies organised to identify
causes for this spread show urinary catheters, cannulae, CVP lines, ET
Tubes and even simple phlebotomy are associated. Poor hand washing
technique and bacterial resistance to antiseptic skin wash are major
contributors.....
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Catheters
Common catheters used are plastic tubes inserted via veins,
arteries, naso-gastric and urinary. Long tubes inserted via blood vessels in the
arm. The
procedure was developed by Seldinger
in 1954, and has never changed despite its association with
severe septicemia. These catheters are also used in
investigations, performing intra cardiac surgeries, monitoring
patients, and
babies to administering total parenteral nutrition
(TPN).
The present method is usually performed under
pressure in an emergency, and the equipment used is very expensive.
Catheters have been one of the main contributors in developing
hospital acquired infections like MRSA.
Bacteria have a basic survival strategy: to colonize surfaces and
grow as
bio-film communities embedded in a
gel-like polysaccharide matrix. The catheterized urinary tract
provides ideal conditions for the development of enormous
populations. Many bacterial species colonize indwelling catheters.
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Cannula
Cannulation is one of the most common
surgical procedures practised in medicine. The
procedure can be a
daunting experience to doctors and traumatic for patients.
The device is used to introduce a small
tube into the blood vessel. Moving cannula forward after puncturing
a blood vessel is operator controlled often results in failure.
Our cannula offers the user
four methods to
introduce cannula, thus helping doctors to cannulate with confidence
and offer protection from needle stick injury
We passionately believe
in
reduction the number of attempts & needle stick injury
to stop spreading hospital
acquired infections.
The number of people getting infected due to practical
procedures performed in hospitals and reducing contaminated hospital
waste. Blaming
and shaming health care providers, prosecuting administrators will not
help us reduce this threat.
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Prevention
Best strategy to reduce spreading this antibiotic resistance
bacteria is to stop introducing them into patients. Staff working in
the hospitals must religiously wash their hands after they touch
patients, any inanimate objects like door knobs, bed, tables, taps
and even pens.
Take meticulous care to wash the skin were you plan to perform
minor surgical procedures. Use soap and water to wash hands for
30
seconds, then were sterile gloves and make sure you
DO NOT touch any
surface (skin of patients hand, bed clots, contaminated plastic
devices or the sterilized area).
Biocides must be left on skin for 2 minutes
before injecting a needle through the skin though "Recommende is
seldom practiced"
"Do No Harm", introducing infection to patients that can kill is
un-ethical and must be stopped. Its not hand washing alone which
matters but you need to watch what happens after wearing the sterile
gloves.....
From a young age, hand washing has been
associated with preventing the spread of infection and illness.
While this is almost always true, hand washing has also been linked
to a few health problems.
"To Wash or Not To Wash" This is a worrying
development
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