"While infection control workflow and processes steadily improve year after year, the tools and technologies that should aid those efforts simply haven't kept pace," said Dr. Insoo Suh, MD, assistant professor of surgery, division of general surgery, endocrine surgery section, University of California San Francisco and attending, endocrine, and general surgery, San Francisco VA Medical Center, and cofounder of Prescient Surgical, Inc. "We are seeing that a proactive approach to clearing contamination during surgery has the potential to better protect patients from infection and help hospitals address the increased health care costs that result from surgical site infections, such as extended hospital stays, re-hospitalization and rising infection rates that trigger penalties from CMS," he added.
Easily deployed to retract and protect the wound site, CleanCision provides access to the surgical site and uses a sterile irrigant solution, selected by the surgeon, to clear contamination invading the surgical incision. The wound edge is continuously and consistently irrigated while suction removes contaminants throughout the surgery. CleanCision is cleared for use in abdominal surgery and may aid in the prevention of wound edge contamination.
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"We are initially focusing on abdominal surgery and particularly colorectal surgery, where the risk, frequency and severity of surgical site infection is high and the need is acute," said Jonathan Coe, cofounder, president and CEO of Prescient Surgical, Inc. "Our team collaborated closely with leading hospitals in abdominal surgery to create a technology platform and product that could be used in the full range of open and minimally invasive approaches utilized in their procedures. The result is an intuitive system that readily integrates into surgical workflow," he added.
Hospitals can acquire CleanCision through the company's Early Access Program, developed to help surgical teams implement and measure the impact of the device as part of their infection reduction programs. For more information please visit www.prescientsurgical.com.
Background on Surgical Site Infection
The 2016 Surgical Site Infection updated guidelines, published by the American College of Surgeons and Surgical Infection Society, report that the risk of SSI is generally 2 to 5 percent with an estimated 160,000 to 300,000 SSIs occurring annually in the U.S.2 The rate of SSI can be as high as 15 to 30 percent in certain high-risk, clean-contaminated, and contaminated procedures such as colorectal surgery.3 National focus on SSI is increasing due to public reporting of surgical site infection rates and significant financial penalties imposed on hospitals, brought about by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service's (CMS) Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program.
