Patient safety benefits

The management of instrument sets and equipment play an important role in a sound patient safety management program.  This importance is underscored by the frequency of patient safety incidences that occur during surgical procedures.

• Surgical site infections

  2% to 5% of all surgeries have site infections which is approximately 780,000 instances a year. ²
  
  

• Bowel burn

  Laparoscopic surgical procedures utilizing electrosurgical instruments can lead to stray electrosurgical burns if instruments have insulation damage.
  
  

• Accidental puncture or lacerations

  38,776 patients have an accidental puncture or laceration each year with 2,500 patients experiencing an associated mortality. (out of sample database of 13,591). ¹
  
  

• Bacteria outbreak

  Pseudomonasuginos and Serratia marcescen bacteria outbreaks within major hospitals have been traced back to inadequate cleaning and decontamination within certain medical procedure scopes. ³

OnSite^SM Services focuses on the safety and well being of your patient. Our passionate and detailed approach to managing your instrument sets and equipment assists your efforts in the following areas:

• Surgical site infections

  Reducing the opportunity for excessive levels of bioburden to buildup on your instruments and equipment by providing resources to expeditiously clean the instrument sets after use 1,2,3

• Bowel burn

  Reducing the probability of peripheral tissue burns through the utilization of state-of the art equipment that can detect breaks in your laparoscopic instrument insulation not visible to the human eye*

• Accidental lacerations

  Reducing the probability of faulty instrument and equipment performance through our preventive maintenance, tray refurbishment and education services

• Bacteria outbreaks

  Reducing the opportunity for excessive levels of bioburden to buildup on your instruments and equipment by providing resources to expeditiously clean the instrument sets after use and by applying extremely thorough and rigorous^1,2,3 cleaning processes

For more information on related industry articles please contact us.

¹Infection Control Today. Keeping a Clean Slate. The Effort to Protect Instrumentation from Tough Infectious Agents such as Biofilm and CJD Prions. May 2006.

²Today's Surgicenter. The Rundown on Instrument Care and Repair. October 2005.

³OutPatient Surgery. How to Prevent Infection from Surgical Instruments. 2002 Managers Guide

* Only available through our Instrument Management program

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