Surgical site infections treated with the Adtec SteriPlas
Surgical site infections (SSIs) are still a severe complication after cardiac surgery with a mortality estimated range of up to 40% of cases. These post-operative wounds are generally associated with longer hospital stay and the delayed or inadequate therapeutic measures can lead to avoidable hospital costs for the healthcare system. The significant cost burden on the hospital for a single SSI case is €36,000. 1
It has already been shown that the Adtec SteriPlas is effective due to its increased penetration depth in SSIs to defeat bacteria even under a layer of biofilm independently to their resistance profile. This includes multi-resistant bacteria that have shown little or no response to antibiotics previously. In combination with advanced negative pressure wound treatment (aNPWT), the Adtec SteriPlas has been praised as a “tissue saving approach” offering patients a favourable treatment method for these complicated and chronic wounds compared to conventional treatment therapies. 2
Studies conducted using the Adtec SteriPlas have shown a significant decrease in the mortality rate coupled with accelerated healing. Patients with infected drivelines such as those with left ventricular assist devices have healed in as quick as 1 week, and patients with sternal SSIs have healed in as quick as 6 days. 2,3
Both patients and doctors have praised the Adtec SteriPlas for its exceptional ability at delivering promising results leading to healing.
Be sure to contact us for more information and to see how our medical device may benefit your patients.
- H. Rotering, Cold atmospheric plasma – New options for infection control in wound management, EWMA 2016.
- H. Rotering, Cold atmospheric plasma and advanced Negative Pressure Wound Treatment – First results of a tissue saving approach for deep surgical site infections, EACTS 2018.
- H. Rotering, Das infizierte Implantat, Komplexe Wundbehandlung – Kaltes atmospherisches Plasma und advanced NPWT in der Herzchirurgie, Chirurgie 2019.
Promising results for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers using the Adtec SteriPlas
We are excited to show you a recent conference poster presented at the BSAC Spring 2019 conference, submitted by Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
The poster shows the promising results of the using the Adtec SteriPlas on diabetic foot ulcers that are stalled by biofilm. The SteriPlas “is postulated as an alternative for antibiotics for patients where antibiotic therapy is difficult (due to resistance or adverse effects) or as an adjunct treatment for patients with chronic wounds including those with biofilms”.
Contact us at info@adtec.eu.com to learn more about how the Adtec SteriPlas may benefit your non-healing wound patients.
Innovation Award for SteriPlas Plasma Technology.
Adtec Healthcare congratulates Dr Rotering on his receipt of the runner up Innovation award at the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) conference in Vienna on October 7th 2017..
Adtec receives second place award in the ‘Most Innovative Product’ Category in Journal of Wound Care awards
We are delighted to be awarded second place in the ‘Most Innovative Product:’ category at the Journal of Wound Care/ World Union of Wound Healing Societies awards. The results were announced at the awards ceremony on Tuesday September 27th during the WUWHS congress in Florence.
Clinical Trial to investigate the potential benefits of treating Actinic Keratosis with Adtec SteriPlas plasma technology.
Adtec Europe today announces the launch of a clinical trial to evaluate the change of the cutaneous microbiome in correlation to the efficacy of SteriPlas plasma technology compared to standard treatments on patients with Actinic Keratosis.
Adtec Europe will exhibit at two events in 2017 showcasing our atmospheric pressure gas plasma technology for surface treatment applications in precision engineering.
Potential applications of plasma treatment include
- Surface cleaning
- Surface modification
- Surface Activation
- Removal of organic contamination
Adtec introduces the plasma product portfolio designed and manufactured in the UK by Adtec Europe Limited
Plasma processing is a material processing technology that is utilized to modify the chemical and physical properties of a surface. Plasma processing is most often in vacuum plasma chambers widely used in the semiconductor and display industries to meet the critical engineering requirements of high-tech industries.
Adtec Healthcare congratulates the R&D Manager Takuya Urayama on receipt of the second place award for Most Innovative Product at JWC Awards 2017.
Takuya is design leader for the Adtec SteriPlas gas plasma device. He also leads the team for development of Adtec microwave gas plasma devices in other applications such as sanitisation of hard to clean areas in food factories and surface treatment.
Adtec SteriPlas plasma technology adopted by German hospital in treatment of Surgical Site Infections.
Adtec Healthcare is pleased to report on the successful qualification of Adtec SteriPlas gas plasma technology by a hospital in Germany. Following a successful evaluation on the use of Adtec gas plasma in the treatment of surgical site infections, a University Hospital has approved the purchase of an Adtec SteriPlas unit.
Adtec receive funding to conduct a clinical biofilm project in UK Hospital
Adtec Healthcare is delighted to announce that we will start a project to measure the ‘Efficacy of non-thermal gas plasma (NTGP) on sub-clinical wound infection (biofilm) in patients with diabetic foot ulcers’ in August 2016. The project will be a collaboration between Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, leading UK wound care experts, University Hospital Jena Germany and Adtec. The project is co-funded by the UK’s Innovation agency, Innovate UK and Adtec.