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- Title
OP036 EFFECT OF LOW-FREQUENCY CONTACT ULTRASONIC DEBRIDEMENT WITH AND WITHOUT SUCTION ATTACHMENT IN THE CLINIC ENVIRONMENT. AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETIC FOOT ULCER.
- Authors
Afonso, Francisco Javier Álvaro; Escobar, Sebastian Flores; Moral, Mateo López; de Almagro, Marta García-Madrid Martín; García, Aroa Tardáguila; Lázaro Martínez, José Luis
- Abstract
Aim: To evaluate the dispersal of solution and microbes (aerosol) in the clinic environment during treatment with low-frequency contact ultrasonic debridement (LFCUD) in patients with diabetic foot ulcer (DFU). Method: This was a prospective, observational study where we performed 20 treatments with LFUD involving 10 outpatients with DFU. Half of these treatments were conducted with and without suction attachment such that each patient was their own control. The distance between the applications of one debridement modality (with and without suction) in each patient was one week. The total number of colony forming units (CFU/ml) was identified for use of LFCUD in both modalities in air sampling across each treatment (before-M1, during-M2, and after-M3). Results / Discussion: Figures 1.A and 1.B depict the clinic environmental pollution during and after the LFCUD debridement respectively. The procedure without suction attachment causes significantly more immediate contamination of the clinic environment than the suction attachment procedure. Not significant differences were observed among procedures in the contribution to clinic environmental pollution after wound debridement. Conclusion: Based in our results we recommend the use of personal protective equipment required to protect the staff member and the patient during treatment with LFCUD in addition to the use of suction attachment where clinically possible to reduce clinic environmental pollution.
- Subjects
ITALY; TREATMENT of diabetic foot; AEROSOLS; HEALTH facilities; DEBRIDEMENT; CONFERENCES &; conventions
- Publication
Journal of Wound Management, 2023, Vol 24, Issue 2, p403
- ISSN
2788-5771
- Publication type
Article