Becker's Clinical Quality & Infection Control

July/August 2022 IC_CQ

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Contaminated OR air prior to using Illuvia Sense Clean OR air a er using Illuvia Sense Schedule your OR Air Quality Assessment today * Cook et al. Impact of Supplemental Intraoperative Air Decontamination on the Outcome of Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Pilot Analysis. JOA (2018) Reduce Your Risk of Costly SSIs Surgical site infec ons, o en caused by contaminants in OR air, cost U.S. hospitals between $3.5 and $10 Billion annually and roughly $34,000 per case. Contaminated OR air prior Contaminated OR air prior Clean OR air a er using Clean OR air a er using Illuvia Sense OR air, cost U.S. hospitals between annually and roughly $34,000 per case. Aerobio x created Illuvia ® Sense with repor ng technologies—the first and only direc onal flow surgical air disinfec on system that reduces the risk of infec on and improves overall environmental safety in the OR. Peer reviewed and trusted by leading centers for nearly a decade, Illuvia Sense has been shown to reduce surgical site infec on rates, airborne bacterial levels and viable contamina on levels during surgical procedures. One study demonstrated Illuvia Sense reduced SSIs following total joint arthroplasty from 1.9% to 0%.*

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