CareFusion understands that infection prevention is the key to reducing healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs). It helps customers to measurably improve patient care by working in close partnership with hospitals to protect both the operating team and patients through the provision of clinically proven infection prevention products.
The company facilitates effective preoperative skin antisepsis, higher levels of barrier protection and adherence to best practice for personal protective equipment (PPE), which are all critical in the fight against HCAIs.
Focused on reducing medication errors and hospital-acquired infections, CareFusion’s family of products includes ChloraPrep patient preoperative skin preparation, Esteem and Protegrity gloves, CareFusion Surgical Clipper System, as well as Convertors gowns and drapes.
Patient’s skin dwelling bacteria are the major source of infections associated with medical and surgical invasive procedures. Normally “harmless”, these bacteria live in the top cell layers of the epidermis and can enter the bloodstream whenever the integrity of the skin is breached, for example during cannulation.
While hand washing and appropriate environmental cleaning are essential to the prevention of cross-contamination and limiting the spread of MRSA, the patient and their skin should not be left out of the prevention equation. Blood stream and surgical site infections remain a significant burden to the NHS, patients and their families. The use of all appropriate, evidence based measures to prevent the avoidable infections is paramount.
ChloraPrep, a medicinal product containing a solution of 2% chlorhexidine gluconate (w/v) in 70% isopropyl alcohol (v/v), is a single-use, sterile, non-touch skin antisepsis system. This allows healthcare practitioners to apply sufficient antiseptic solution with a gentle back and forth motion, while remaining compliant with ANTT. This use of ChloraPrep has been shown to provide greater skin decontamination, and significant reductions in line related infections than application with a simple swab and weaker antiseptics.
