Fighting nosocomial Urinary tract infections in new ways

Jim.vanderkerken@alarox.be5/10/2011

Reality in hospitals and consultations

• Chronical time shortage• Technology advances with high speeds

• Incomplete Market view on – Medical devices – Available alternatives

• User relies on big but expensive brands • Cost management is a challenge

New ways to fight nosocomial UTI • COST Nosocomial UTI infections

– 83m€/jaar in BE, fed kennis centr gezondheidszorg, 2009

– 119 m€/year in NL , nationaal kompas , rivm, 2005– 2.8 billion patients in 2018 suffer from UTI.

• Cost of a patient with UTI in a hospital = +-1500 €

• Anti biotics cost not included, risk for antibiotics resistance rises !

• Bladderscanning actively reduces risk Urinary infections

• Advantages : – no invasive examination needed, NO catheter

insertion needed– contact nurse patient is improved– no antibiotics, no cost of catheters– digital processing possible in medical file– time saver !– Avoid UTI = shortens patient stay– Patient is happier

Applications:Patients with retention, MS Patient, Stroke Unit, Sci patient (ruggewervel letsels) , Geriatry, Urology , Orthopedy, Revalidation, Intensive care unit, Elderly nursing homes, at home …

Bladder scanning – what is it?

• Non-invasive method to measure bladder volume

Gain

Lateral Position

• Measures ultrasonic reflections within a patient`s body and differentiates the urinary bladder from the surrounding tissues

• Signals travels well through water and are not reflected, the bladder will appear black on the display

VITASCAN LT

VITASCAN PORTABLE

Thank you