Single Patient Use Rolls Brochure
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The ongoing risks of healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) are prompting hospitals to seek new methods for reducing cross-contamination. “Switching to shorter rolls of medical tapes can provide an important opportunity to decrease cross-contamination, eliminate wasted tape, decrease hospital supply costs and improve the standard of patient care. 5 ” – Infection Control Today, Vol 17, No. 1, Jan 2013 while minimising waste by using 3M single-patient use rolls. Cross-Contamination Reduce Costs and Combat To combat cross-contamination guidelines increasingly suggest that some items, such as adhesive tapes, should not be shared between patients. 1,2 The National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, (2011) address areas where improvement strategies exist that are evidence based and achievable. One key component of Standard 3 is to prevent patients from acquiring preventable healthcare associated infections. 3 As a result, infection prevention-conscious facilities often dedicate a single roll of tape to each patient. With traditional rolls of tape, this results in up to 70-90% of each roll of tape being discarded. 4 In other words, more than 3.2 kilometers of tape is wasted for every 1,000 patients discharged. To help reduce infection caused by cross-contamination and waste, 3M offers several tapes in single-patient-use rolls. Single-patient-use roll 10-30% of each roll is used 70-90% of each roll is discarded Traditional 9.1 meter Using a dedicated roll of tape with each patient reduces the risk of bacterial transmission and cross-contamination. REDUCE THE RISK OF INFECTION AND WASTE
Transcript of Single Patient Use Rolls Brochure
The ongoing risks of healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) are prompting hospitals to seek new methods for reducing cross-contamination.
“Switching to shorter rolls of medical tapes can provide an important opportunity to decrease cross-contamination, eliminate wasted tape, decrease hospital supply costs and improve the standard of patient care.5”
– Infection Control Today, Vol 17, No. 1, Jan 2013
while minimising waste by using 3M single-patient use rolls.
Cross-ContaminationReduce Costs and Combat
To combat cross-contamination guidelines increasingly suggest that some items, such as adhesive tapes, should not be shared between patients.1,2 The National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, (2011) address areas where improvement strategies exist that are evidence based and achievable. One key component of Standard 3 is to prevent patients from acquiring preventable healthcare associated infections.3
As a result, infection prevention-conscious facilities often dedicate a single roll of tape to each patient. With traditional rolls of tape, this results in up to 70-90% of each roll of tape being discarded.4 In other words, more than 3.2 kilometers of tape is wasted for every 1,000 patients discharged. To help reduce infection caused by cross-contamination and waste, 3M offers several tapes in single-patient-use rolls.
Single-patient-use roll
10-30%of each roll is used
70-90%of each roll is discarded
Traditional 9.1 meter
Using a dedicated roll of tape with each patient reduces the risk of bacterial transmission and cross-contamination.
REDUCE THE RISK OF INFECTION AND WASTE
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Cat. No. Size Rolls/Box
3M™ Kind Removal Silicone Tape2770S-1 25mm x 1.3m 100
2770S-2 50mm x 1.3m 50
2770K-0 19mm x 61cm 100
3M™ Micropore™ Surgical Tape1530S-1 25mmx1.3m 100
3M™ Transpore™ Surgical Tape1527S-1 25mm x 1.3m 100
For more information contact your 3M Sales representative or call the 3M Health Care Customer Helpline on 1300 363 878 with Australia or 0800 80 81 within New Zealand
Single-Patient Use Rollsof Medical Tapes
Reduce Cross-Contamination Risk
1. Federal Register Vol 72, No. 73 Rules and regulations (73 FR 20373 4/15/2008).2. Hageman JC et al, Investigation and control of vancomycin-intermediate and – resistant Staphylococcus areaus: A guide for health departments and infection prevention personnel. CDC. Atlanta, GA 2006.3. Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC). September 2011). National Safety and Quality Health Service
Standards, ACSQHC, Sydney.4. 3M Market Research Data On File (2010/2011).5. Infection Control Today Vol 17, No. 1, Single-Patient Rolls of Medical Tapes Reduce Cross-Contamination Risk (January 2013).
How Many Single-Patient Use Rolls Will I Need?One waste study found “average tape usage was only 0.9 meters of a 9.1 meter roll 4.” Another waste study found that “average tape use was 1.8 meters of a 9.1 meter roll of tape 5 .” If your facility is similar to these, it will need one or two single-patient use rolls to replace a 9.1 meter roll.
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