Reducing the risk of postoperative wound infections after cardiac surgery, (e.g. coronary artery bypass surgery), Pacemaker implantation and thoracic surgery with Toul laminar air flow that reduces the contamination level in the wound area and instruments up to 95 %

Nosocomial infections are common following cardiac surgery, cardiovascular surgery and thorax surgery as well as pacemaker implants due to various risk factors that are contributing like age, duration of operation, general condition of patents etc. They are associated with prolonged lengths of hospitalization, the development of multiorgan dysfunction, and increased morbidity and hospital mortality. Infections after pacemaker implantation remains the most common pacemaker-related complication after equipment failure and sensing and pacing defects. Patients with pacemakers run the risk of potentially life-threatening infections if bacteria spread to infest their implant. Toul Laminar Air Flow is reducing the level of contamination of airborne micro organisms significant by protecting the surgical site area as well as the instrument table via an ultraclean laminar airflow. Under normal circumstances, the main source of airborne microbial contaminants is microscopic skin fragments given off by staff in theatre. The contamination level in the operating room increases with the duration of the operation and the number of persons in theatre and hence increasing the risk of postoperative infection.

Toul is positioned very close to the operating field and therefore it is possible to reduce the contamination level up to 95 % for the operating field. Toul instrument table maintains the sterility of the instruments independently of the duration of the operation.

Application:
Cardiac surgery
Thoracic surgery
Coronary artery bypass surgery
General thoracic surgery
Pacemaker implantation
Preventing sternal bone infection
Preventing deep and superficial chest surgical-site infections m Laminar

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