Prevention of Endophthalmitis in Anti-VEGF Intravitreal Injections
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Minimizing complication of endophthalmitis for intravitreal injection (IVI) with clean room conditions in office setting. A focused sterile air flow unit provides clean room conditions for intravitreal injections ( Anti-VEGF injections) in office setting and operating theater Andreas Kunze (Ing.) Tel +39 348 730 24 45 Parma/ Italy info@normeditec.com www.normeditec.com

Performing intravitreal anti-VEGF injections in ambulatory rooms or outpatient clinic rooms with operating room standard conditions Operio is a mobile focused laminar flow unit which creates sterile conditions in ambulatory or outpatient clinics comparable to an operating room to perform intravitreal injections in absolute safety for the surgeon and his patients. Intravitreal injections can from now on be performed in any outpatient or ambulatory room with an extreme high degree of asepsis which was so far only be possible in an expensive operating room. -The structure can save a lot of...

Conventional ventilation systems The sterile air is only protecting a very limited zone in the operating room below the air inlet Protected area «Sterile area»

Conventional ventilation systems The clean “sterile air” is first touching the unsterile floor and then distributed in the O.R. There isn’t any real protected sterile area in the operating room to keep instruments or operating field steri

Conventinal Laminar air flow systems Conventional laminar air flow systems protect the operating field but not the instruments as they are normally always prepared outside the laminar air flow

Operating room with laminar air flow The traditional laminar air flow protect only inside the laminar air flow Most instruments are prepared outside the traditional laminar air flow and thus already being contaminated during the preparation.

Universityhospital in Gothenborg Schweden 2015 The use of Operio over critical zones and instruments to reduce air-borne contamination at intravitreal eye injections

The Operio focused laminar flow unit sucks in the air around the operating theatre and filters it through Hepa filters, cleaning the air of 99.99% of bacteria and microorganisms. The focused laminar flow acts directly on the surgical site and instrument table without being impeded, thus reducing by up to 95% the bacterial load on the surgical site and instrument table.

The bacterial load on the instruments and surgical site is reduced by 95% compared with conventional ventilation systems.

Cataract surgery . Every operating room can be upgraded immediately without construction work. Existing operating rooms can meet modern standards for high degree of asepsis in ophthalmology surgery

Intravitreal Injections Operio: the air is filtered through Hepa filters free of microorganisms and then directed immediately on to the surgical instruments and surgical site. It is only then distributed throughout the operating theatre. This protects the critical area of the operating theatre, i.e. the instruments and the surgical site. With this system, the bacterial load on the instruments and surgical site is reduced by 95% compared with conventional ventilation systems.

Intravitreal Injections in ambulatory room The unit is ideal for very small operating rooms or operating rooms with a limited height as it is very smart and occupies very little space. www.normeditec.de

Intravitreal Injections in ambulatory room

Technical data The sterile air flow unit Operio unit can be used with different sizes of instrument tables. An electric height adjustment ensures maximum comfort for surgeons and hospital staff. A sterile protective cover guarantees maximum asepsis and ensures that the height adjustment can be activated directly by sterile operating room staff. The sterile protective cover uses a bar code system for traceability purposes.

Contaminazione dell’aria: IVT in ambulatorio

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Particle counting Conventional Ophtalmology room

Performing intravitreal anti-VEGF injections in ambulatory rooms or Advantages Intravitreal injections can from now on be performed in any outpatient or ambulatory room with an extreme high degree of asepsis which was so far only be possible in an expensive operating room. -The structure can save a lot of money as the intravitreal injections performed in an ambulatory room or outpatient clinic cost much less. - The operations are much more profitable for the structure but at the same time a high degree of asepsis can be achieved which means more safety conditions for patients and hospital...