Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC®) systems and microbiological isolation of infected wounds

Autor: Giuseppe Tropeano, Giovanni Delogu, Sabina Magalini, Daniele Gui, Marco Cintoni, Gilda Pepe, Gabriele Sganga, Valerio Cozza, Flavio De Maio
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
Předmět:
Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Isolation (health care)
medicine.medical_treatment
Settore MED/18 - CHIRURGIA GENERALE
Wound infection
Population
Iatrogenic Disease
Wound contamination
lcsh:Surgery
Infection control
030207 dermatology & venereal diseases
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Risk Factors
Negative-pressure wound therapy
medicine
Humans
Surgical Wound Infection
030212 general & internal medicine
Prospective Studies
education
Aged
education.field_of_study
Wound Healing
integumentary system
business.industry
Vacuum assisted closure
Negative pressure wound therapy
Bandages
Equipment Design
Female
Middle Aged
Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy
lcsh:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid
lcsh:RD1-811
lcsh:RC86-88.9
Surgery
Emergency Medicine
business
Research Article
Zdroj: World Journal of Emergency Surgery, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2018)
World Journal of Emergency Surgery : WJES
ISSN: 1749-7922
Popis: Background Negative pressure wound therapy is now largely used to treat infected wounds. The prevention and reduction of healthcare-associated infections is a high priority for any Department of Health and great efforts are spent to improve infection control systems. It is assumed that vacuum-assisted closure (VAC®) dressings should be watertight and that all the secretions are gathered in a single container but there is no consistent data on air leakage and possible dispersion of bacteria from the machine. Methods We have conducted a prospective experimental study on 10 patients with diagnosis of wound infection to verify whether the filtration process is microbiologically efficient. We compared the bacteria population present in the wound to the one present in the air discharged by the VAC® machine. Results This study shows that the contamination of the VAC® machine is considerably lower than the environment or wound contamination. Conclusions Negative pressure wound therapy system does not represent a risk factor for healthcare-associated infections.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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