One small switch can make a big impact Standard Care
IMPACT 1 Environmental
Preventing kgCO2e1 x21
IMPACT 2 Combating Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)2
IMPACT 3 Economical Reducing Treatment Costs3
Leukomed®
Sorbact® • Simply apply as per standard post-op dressing
• 38% reduction in Surgical Site Infections (SSI’s) across all BMI’s2
has a big impact
Leukomed by
References: 1. Using a combination or references and methodology used to calculate surgical carbon footprint by Dr Ross Lathan: - Wallace et al. (2025) Leukomed Sorbact to Reduce SSI in Vascular Surgery. SIS-E 2025 Dublin - Lathan, R et al. (2024) Environmental and Financial Cost of Surgical Site Infection by Severity following Lower Limb Vascular Surgery. IP Conference 2024 - Department of Transport UK (2023) Journey emission comparisons: interactive dashboard. Available:
https://maps.dft.gov.uk/journey-emission-comparisons-interactive-dashboard/index.html - Travel Navigator (2025) Carbon emissions from London to New York. Available:
https://travelnav.com/emissions-from-new-york-ny-to-london-united-kingdom
2. Magro M.(2023) Reducing Surgical Site Infections Post-Caesarean Section. Int J Womens Health. ;15:1811-1819. doi: 10.2147/IJWH.S431868 3. Stanirowski et al. Cost-eff ectiveness of a bacterial-binding dressing to prevent surgical site infection following caesarean section. Journal of Wound Care. 2019 Vol 28 (4) 4. Rippon et al. (2025) Use of DACC-coated wound dressings in the reduction of surgical site infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Global Wound Care Journal. Volume: 1 Issue: 1
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IMPACT 4 Improving Patient Quality of Life (QoL)4
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