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Over 10 million operations are carried out in the UK each year.
At least 5% of patients undergoing a surgical procedure develop a surgical site infection1. with each costing the NHS an estimated additional £10,000 to £100,000 for a deep-incisional SSI.2
These costs can be attributed to increased patient length of stay in hospital and treatment of the new infection, including cost of antibiotics.
We also need to consider the cost of an SSI to the patient receiving care and their loved ones.
With the proper measures in place, up to 60% of SSIs can be avoided - significantly improving patient outcomes, reducing unnecessary antibiotic use and providing the NHS with considerable cost savings.3
A surgical care bundle is a group of strategies that can be implemented to help minimise the risk of SSIs amongst patients undergoing surgery.
B. Braun can provide key interventions at each stage during the patient’s care pathway – before surgery, during surgery and after surgery.
Each product contains PHMB, which is our trusted choice of antimicrobial used in multiple B. Braun products.
B. Braun infection control products are manufactured in a state of the art facility in Sempach, Switzerland. This was a flagship project for B. Braun in terms of sustainability - all the heating used for production and buildings is generated using clean, renewable geothermal energy.
(1) National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2019). Recommendations | Surgical Site infections: Prevention and Treatment | Guidance | NICE. [online] Nice.org.uk. Available at: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng125/chapter/Recommendations
(2) GIRFT Orthopaedics report, Briggs (2015) A national review of adult elective orthopaedic services in England, Getting it Right First Time.
(3) Bjørg Marit Andersen (2019). Prevention and Control of Infections in Hospitals: Practice and Theory. Cham Springer International Publishing Imprint, Springer.
(4) Rubeli, S.L., D’Alonzo, D., Mueller, B., Bartlomé, N., Fankhauser, H., Bucheli, E., Conen, A., Fandino, J. and Fux, C.A. (2019). Implementation of an infection prevention bundle is associated with reduced surgical site infections in cranial neurosurgery. Neurosurgical Focus, 47(2), p.E3. doi:https://doi.org/10.3171/2019.5.focus19272.
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