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Hospital infection - MRSA
A new system against hospital infections

The danger from hospital infections is worsening because, increasingly, they cannot be cured with commonly used antibiotics. In 1974, only 2% of Staphylococcus aureus infections in the USA were MRSA (methicillin-resistant). By 2003, that figure had soared to 57%, and now is over 60%. Infections contracted in hospitals are the fourth largest killer in America. Every year in this country, two million patients' contract infections in hospitals, and an estimated 103,000 die as a result, as many deaths as from AIDS, breast cancer, and auto accidents combined.

When a patient contracts an infection and stays in the hospital weeks or even months longer, the hospital is seldom paid for the added stay and care. The average charge for patients who develop an infection is nearly four times as high as for patients admitted with the same diagnosis and severity of illness who did not contract an infection.

To fight against hospital infections and the more and more resistant bacteria’s it has been developed Toul Mobile Laminar Airflow. Ironically, the use of ultraclean airflow may help to convey airborne particles from the surgical team into the operating field and thereby increase direct airborne contamination of the wound. Every minute, an individual emits thousands of airborne particles carrying bacteria that may contaminate an open surgical wound.

Toul Meditech has therefore developed a new mobile laminar airflow system which can be used in every operating room in addition to the existing ventilation system without installation costs. Conventional airflow systems do mostly not arrive at the operating field as they are hindered by the surgical light and the heads of the operating team. Toul is positioned very close to the operating field and therefore it is possible to reduce the contamination level up to 90 % for the operating field and Toul instrument table.

This technology has been used for more than 6 years in various hospitals in Sweden with success. They reduced their surgical infection rate below 1 % which saves the hospital money for extra treatment and longer hospital stays. Toul is also an excellent solution for field hospitals as it creates immediately sterile conditions wherever you need it.
  • INFECTION IN THE OPERATING ROOM
    Infection in orthopaedic surgery is a problem which affects both the patient and the surgeon and uses up valuable resources. If it occurs as a result of clean elective surgery, such as after joint replacement, then the implications arepotentially disastrous.
  • Prevention of postoperative infections against penile prosthesis infection with a mobile laminar air flow
    Penile prosthesis implantation remains an effective and acceptable treatment for the significant number of men who fail to respond to nonsurgical therapy. The most serious complication that can affect the use of most prosthetic devices is infection. In penile prostheses, this can be devastating and frequently results in removal of the device despite aggressive antibiotic therapy. Toul can be used to minimize the risk of postoperative infections also in obstetrics and gynecology.
  • The first sterile instrument table for the operating room
    To fight against hospital infections and the more and more resistant bacteria’s it has been developed Toul Mobile Laminar Airflow. Laminar airflow systems has been used for many years in the operating rooms and have shown a significant reduction of surgical site infection.
  • Osteomyelitis
    Osteomyelitis is a bone infection usually caused by bacteria.Osteomyelitis may also result from an infection in an adjacent soft tissue; the infection spreads to the bone after several days or weeks. This type of spread is particularly likely to occur in older people. Such an infection may start in an area damaged by an injury, radiation therapy, or cancer, or in a skin ulcer (particularly a foot ulcer) caused by poor circulation or diabetes. A sinus, gum, or tooth infection may spread to the skull.
  • Reducing the risk of infection in the intensive care unit (ICU)
    Patients admitted into intensive care units (ICUs) are at great risk for acquiring nosocomial infections. They are susceptible to infection because of their underlying diseases or conditions associated with impaired immunity as well as several violations of their immune system or risks of aseptic mistakes in patient management during invasive monitoring and they are prone to secondary infections after exposure to broad-spectrum antimicrobials
  • Reducing the risk of postoperative surgical infections in oncology and burned patients
    Most surgical infections are acquired intraoperatively. The risk of postoperative surgical infections is mainly related to the magnitude of surgical field contamination related to the degree of bacterial contamination acquired from the skin or nasal flora of the operating team, or from contaminated material or instruments in the operating theatre
  • Normeditec: A new system fights hospital infections
    Hospital infections are immensely dangerous as the pathogenes causing them are increasingly resistant to most of the commonly used antibiotics. In 1974, only 2 % of Staphylococcus aureus infections in the USA were MRSA (methicillin-resistant). By 2003, that figure had soared to 57 %, and now is over 60 %. Nosocomial infections are the fourth largest killer in the United States: there, every year two million patients contract infections in hospitals, and an estimated 103,000 die as a result, that means as many deaths as from AIDS, breast cancer and traffic accidents combined.

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