IRGACARE^®† MP-Coated Plus Sutures

SSIs are a risk to millions
worldwide

Why are surgery-related infections a serious problem?

• SSIs are a major source of surgical complications and represent approximately 20% of the healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) that
  affect millions of people around the world each year^2,3
• According to the World Health Organization, hundreds of millions of patients worldwide are affected by HAIs every year, and approximately 1.4 million people worldwide become seriously ill⁴
• Minimizing SSIs can reduce the incidence of morbidity and mortality in patients and substantially reduce the cost of health care for patients and hospitals alike²
   

“ Although the role of suture material as a nidus for wound contamination and infection has been the subject of speculation for more than 30 years, our findings suggest that as a biomedical device, surgical sutures exhibit an affinity for microbial adherence and colonization similar to that of other synthetic implantable medical devices.”

– Edmiston CE, Seabrook GR, Goheen MP, et al. Bacterial adherence to surgical sutures: Can antibacterial-coated sutures reduce the risk of microbial contamination? J Am Coll Surg. 2006;203:481-489.

How do SSIs most often develop in postoperative patients?

• Two thirds of SSIs are confined to the line of the incision⁵
• While bacteria can develop in both the surgical wound and on foreign bodies, the virulence of bacteria in the presence of foreign bodies is enhanced 10,000 fold¹

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