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Survey highlights importance of high quality surgical gloves
A survey of practising UK surgeons has highlighted the importance of investing in high quality surgical gloves to improve surgical safety and create long term value for the NHS. The survey, carried out by Creative Medical
Research and commissioned by Mölnlycke, found that UK surgeons agree that using high quality surgical gloves: l Provides greater long term value for the NHS l Improves surgical efficiency and patient outcomes
l Plays an essential role in improving both clinician and patient safety
l Improves patient and clinician safety.
At a time when surgical gloves are often viewed within budget reconciliation as a commodity, chosen on price over quality, the results of the survey show that ensuring safety for surgeons, their teams and patients is at the forefront of clinicians’ minds.
It revealed that nearly all (87%) surgeons believe that higher quality surgical gloves improve patient safety and (91%) improve clinician safety in the operating theatre. The majority of surgeons found that using high
quality surgical gloves reduces the chance of sharps injuries during surgery. Infection prevention and control in the operating theatre is of critical importance to surgeons. 100,000 needlestick injuries occur in the NHS each year, at an estimated cost to each NHS Trust of £500,000 each year. Qualitative data from the survey highlighted serious concerns for surgeons and their team over exposure to blood borne viruses such as HIV. 92% of surgeons agreed that using high quality surgical gloves would reduce the
chance of being exposed to blood borne viruses. High quality means fewer glove failures. A glove failure can be anything from a defect upon opening, an accidental tear upon donning to a puncture in use.
One general surgeon said they had ‘seen glove failure lead to significant anxiety and the need to take post exposure prophylaxis’. Another with more than 20 years’ experience said, ‘Sharps injuries increase the risk of blood borne infections as well as physical and psychological trauma and may involve time off sick’.
Efficiencies and long term value
As the NHS prepares its spending priorities for the next five years, the survey revealed that 70% of surgeons think high quality gloves provide more long term value to the NHS by ensuring the safety and efficient working of surgeons and their teams. Three quarters of surgeons responded that higher quality surgical gloves save time during operations, leading to greater efficiencies whilst the majority of surgeons agreed that investing in high quality gloves leads to long term cost savings and better outcomes for the NHS.
£4 million raised to accelerate growth in healthcare market Ingenica Solutions, a specialist in helping
NHS trusts transform procurement and supply chain processes, has successfully raised £4 million in Series A Funding following an over-subscribed investment round. Alongside significant commitments from existing investors, Ingenica Solutions has secured investment from funds associated with CJM Ventures, LLC, a US based private equity firm. Ingenica Solutions continues to accelerate its success with a number of new NHS contract awards in 2018, such as University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation
Trust which provides acute and specialist services in five hospitals in central London, and North West Ambulance Service, with further wins expected to be announced shortly. Dr Damien Marmion, CEO at Ingenica Solutions said: “CJM Ventures’ support, at this exciting stage for Ingenica, is a strong endorsement of the technology that we deliver for our customers, the quality of our
implementations and the prospects for our future. “Our market leading
technology, in supply chain management and asset tracking, is providing efficiencies at a critical time for healthcare systems around the world. This new investment provides Ingenica with an opportunity to invest in growth of an expanding market, and in new products and technology for our customers.”
NOVEMBER 2018
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