TY - JOUR
T1 - Optimising 405 nm HINS light technology for patient safe decontamination during arthroplasty surgery.
AU - Ramakrishnan, Praveen
AU - MacLean, Michelle
AU - MacGregor, Scott
AU - Anderson, John
AU - Grant, M. Helen
N1 - Originally presented at the Tissue and Cell Engineering Society (TCES) meeting on 2-4 July 2014 at Newcastle University.
With kind permission of full reproduction from eCM journal (www.ecmjournal.org). Founded by scientists for the benefit of Science rather than profit.
PY - 2014/11
Y1 - 2014/11
N2 - Infection rates following orthopaedic arthroplasty surgery are as high as 4%, while the infection rates are even higher after revision surgery. The duration of routine arthroplasty surgeries is typically between 1 and 2 hours. 405nm High-Intensity Narrow-Spectrum Light (HINS-light) has bactericidal activity against Hospital Acquired Infection (HAI) related bacterial pathogens including MRSA and hence may aid in reducing the incidence of infections that arise from environmental contamination during arthroplasty surgery.
AB - Infection rates following orthopaedic arthroplasty surgery are as high as 4%, while the infection rates are even higher after revision surgery. The duration of routine arthroplasty surgeries is typically between 1 and 2 hours. 405nm High-Intensity Narrow-Spectrum Light (HINS-light) has bactericidal activity against Hospital Acquired Infection (HAI) related bacterial pathogens including MRSA and hence may aid in reducing the incidence of infections that arise from environmental contamination during arthroplasty surgery.
KW - 405 nm hins-light technology
KW - decontamination
KW - orthopaedic arthroplasty surgery
KW - High-Intensity Narrow-Spectrum Light
KW - HINS-light
KW - hospital acquired infection
KW - HAI
KW - MRSA
KW - environmental contamination
UR - http://www.ecmjournal.org/journal/supplements/vol028supp04/vol028supp04.htm
UR - http://www.ecmjournal.org/
M3 - Meeting abstract
VL - 28
SP - 36
JO - European Cells and Materials
JF - European Cells and Materials
SN - 1473-2262
IS - S.4
T2 - The 2014 Annual Tissue and Cell Engineering Society (TCES) Meeting
Y2 - 2 July 2014 through 4 July 2014
ER -