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Dr. Walter Müller Premium MemberThe company name is only visible to registered members.Infektionsrisiko Minimierung durch Single Patient Packs
Das Luton & Dunstable Hospital berichtet in einer PR von der Einführung von Single Patient Sensor Packs um das Infektionsrisuko durch MRSA etc. zu minimieren. Die Packs enthalten Einmal SpO2-Sensoren und einmal Blutdruckmanschetten.
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Dr. Walter Müller
Welch Allyn GmbH & Co KG
April 27 2009
NEWS RELEASE
Luton and Dunstable Hospital scores a national 1st with personalised monitoring to cut infection risks
Luton & Dunstable Hospital is the first in the country to issue Patient Admittance Packs which contain the patient’s own individual blood pressure cuff and sensor to measure heart rate and blood oxygenation which will help to cut rates of infection such as MRSA and C.diff.
We are all familiar with the blood pressure cuff, which is wrapped around the arm, and the finger clip (SPO2 sensor). These are essential monitoring tools which nurses use daily on patients; but the equipment can have infection control risks when taken from one patient to the next, risking the spread of infections such as MRSA and C.diff. Clinical studies have shown that up to 45% of blood pressure cuffs and 57% of SPO2 sensors are contaminated even after cleaning.
The packs are gradually being introduced across the hospital and are already in full use in our Paediatric department. Single use cuffs and sensors are now also used in our Intensive Care Unit.
The Pack has been developed by Clinical Engineering Manager, Brian Clancy and his team. The team worked closely with the infection control department at the hospital and medical devices companies Masimo U.K. and Welch-Allyn U.K. The Clinical Engineering team at Luton and Dunstable Hospital has been nominated for the U.K. Clinical Engineering Team of the year.
Professor Anthony Palmer, Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Nursing and Clinical Services at the hospital said,
“By introducing single use items for each individual patient we can rule out the risk of infection spread by cross contamination of such equipment. The packs should give our patients confidence and reassurance that Luton and Dunstable Hospital is prepared to invest in innovative ideas to ensure the highest levels of patient safety. Our Clinical Engineering team’s imaginative solution will help us to improve even more on our excellent track record of fighting infections”
The project has also been shortlisted for an award in the 2009 Innovation Competition for the NHS in the East of England in the category of Infection Control. The competition, open to staff in all branches of the NHS in the East of England has prizes totaling £20,000 which will be presented to winners at a special dinner at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford by comedian, writer and TV personality Jo Brand on Wednesday 13 May 2009.
ENDS
Issued by:
Katrina Grant, Public Affairs Officer T 01582 497458 email katrina.grant@ldh.nhs.uk
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Clinical studies (JAANA 1996 April 64 .141-145 Victoria Base-Smith) have shown that 81% of blood pressure cuffs are contaminated with bacterial colonization. Organic and inorganic contamination was still found on 45.7% of cuffs even after they were cleaned.
A study of SPO2 sensors (Used to measure patient’s heart rate and the amount of oxygen in the blood) found that 66% of sensors had bacterial colonisation- Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus haemolticus ,entercoccus faecalis and klebsiella oxytoca.
The study also found that even after cleaning with alcohol wipes, 57% of ‘presumed clean’ sensors were still contaminated. (Wilkins 1993).
- 06 Aug 2009, 4:09 pm
