Nonwoven products help avoid healthcare infections: EDANA
November 19, 2014 - Belgium
EDANA, an association serving nonwovens and related industries, unveiled an infographic, which highlights the human and financial impact that healthcare associated infections (HAIs) have in the European Union alone.
According to figures from WHO, ECDC and other agencies, HAIs affect more than 4 million patients, and are directly responsible for 37,000 deaths in Europe every year. In addition, patients with a surgical site infection spend an average 6.5 days in hospital, and are more than 5 times likely to die.
This rate of infection not only causes a huge impact on the patient, but has a significant impact on the treating physician and hospitals, costing them more than €5.4 billion every year, and resulting in a financial loss of €7 billion in direct costs.
“Single-use gowns, drapes and other nonwoven products for operating rooms are an effective barrier protection solution, and are essential to the prevention of infections,” says Abby Bailey, marketing director at EDANA.
She adds, “Nonwoven surgical products offer every patient a new, secure, unused and sterile material, giving hospitals full compliance with the EN13795 standard for gowns and drapes.”
According to EDANA, single-use surgical gowns and drapes are mainly designed for specific procedures, meaning that they are ideal for rapid and easy draping, and clean up.
Single-use procedure packs not only mean fast preparation and turnaround for the operating room, but also smaller storage requirements than reusables.
EDANA provides a comprehensive range of services and supplies its members with the information and data necessary for them to enhance the industry goals and performance.
Set up in 1971, as the European Disposables and Nonwovens Association, EDANA has grown and evolved, to become today a modern industry association with a European focus and global influence and profile, reflecting the changing dynamics of the nonwovens industry.
Unifying the diversified interests of over 220 member companies in a unique vertically integrated structure along the supply chain, EDANA is now the single, powerful voice of the nonwovens industry. (AR)
Click here to view the infographic.
According to figures from WHO, ECDC and other agencies, HAIs affect more than 4 million patients, and are directly responsible for 37,000 deaths in Europe every year. In addition, patients with a surgical site infection spend an average 6.5 days in hospital, and are more than 5 times likely to die.
This rate of infection not only causes a huge impact on the patient, but has a significant impact on the treating physician and hospitals, costing them more than €5.4 billion every year, and resulting in a financial loss of €7 billion in direct costs.
“Single-use gowns, drapes and other nonwoven products for operating rooms are an effective barrier protection solution, and are essential to the prevention of infections,” says Abby Bailey, marketing director at EDANA.
She adds, “Nonwoven surgical products offer every patient a new, secure, unused and sterile material, giving hospitals full compliance with the EN13795 standard for gowns and drapes.”
According to EDANA, single-use surgical gowns and drapes are mainly designed for specific procedures, meaning that they are ideal for rapid and easy draping, and clean up.
Single-use procedure packs not only mean fast preparation and turnaround for the operating room, but also smaller storage requirements than reusables.
EDANA provides a comprehensive range of services and supplies its members with the information and data necessary for them to enhance the industry goals and performance.
Set up in 1971, as the European Disposables and Nonwovens Association, EDANA has grown and evolved, to become today a modern industry association with a European focus and global influence and profile, reflecting the changing dynamics of the nonwovens industry.
Unifying the diversified interests of over 220 member companies in a unique vertically integrated structure along the supply chain, EDANA is now the single, powerful voice of the nonwovens industry. (AR)
Click here to view the infographic.