CareFusion helps customers to 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 understands that more effective preoperative skin antisepsis, higher levels of barrier protection and adherence to best practice for personal protective equipment (PPE) are all critical in the fight against HCAIs.
With innovative healthcare products and a worldwide support network, CareFusion is a global corporation serving the healthcare industry with some of the most widely recognised products and services.
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, aswell as Convertors gowns and drapes.
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. The 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.
