Optimising 405 nm HINS light technology for patient safe decontamination during arthroplasty surgery.
Ramakrishnan, Praveen and MacLean, Michelle and MacGregor, Scott and Anderson, John and Grant, M. Helen (2014) Optimising 405 nm HINS light technology for patient safe decontamination during arthroplasty surgery. European Cells and Materials, 28 (S.4). p. 36. ISSN 1473-2262
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Abstract
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.
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Ramakrishnan, Praveen ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Item type: | Article |
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ID code: | 50935 |
Notes: | 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. |
Keywords: | 405 nm hins-light technology, decontamination, orthopaedic arthroplasty surgery, High-Intensity Narrow-Spectrum Light, HINS-light, hospital acquired infection, HAI, MRSA, environmental contamination, Therapeutics. Pharmacology, Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, Surgery, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous) |
Subjects: | Medicine > Therapeutics. Pharmacology Medicine > Surgery |
Department: | Faculty of Engineering > Biomedical Engineering Faculty of Engineering > Electronic and Electrical Engineering |
Depositing user: | Pure Administrator |
Date deposited: | 08 Jan 2015 14:17 |
Last modified: | 22 Jan 2021 02:14 |
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URI: | https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/50935 |
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