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Why risk an SSI?
Like wearing seat belts, following SSI risk-reduction guidelines may provide protection from catastrophic outcomes.1,2 Make triclosan-coated sutures part of your SSI risk-reduction strategy for every case. Plus Sutures—an easy and effective way to help prevent catastrophic outcomes.3
Plus Sutures are supported by the highest quality evidence3-14
Sutures can be a nidus for infection15
Like all implants, sutures can lower the infective threshold.16 Once bacteria colonize on the surface, biofilm can form—a known risk factor for SSI.17 Plus Sutures are shown in vitro to inhibit bacterial colonization of the suture for 7 days or more against the most common organisms associated with SSI.18-20,35,36
Shown to reduce SSI risk3
Meta-analysis demonstrated a 28% reduction in SSI risk with the use of triclosan-coated sutures.3‡§ Meta-regression analysis demonstrated that the effect of Plus Sutures in reducing the risk of SSI did not vary by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) wound classification or suture type.3‡§,37
Recommended by 6 independent authorities21-25
Triclosan-coated sutures are included in SSI-prevention bundles recommended by a number
of evidence-based organizations, including the WHO, CDC, ACS/SIS, NICE, and RKI.
CDC, WHO, ACS/SIS, NICE, and RKI guidelines on reducing the risk of surgical site infections are general to triclosan-coated sutures and are not specific to any one brand.
MONOCRYL® Plus Antibacterial (poliglecaprone 25) Suture
MONOCRYL® Plus Antibacterial (poliglecaprone 25) Suture
MONOCRYL Plus Suture provides 1-2 weeks of tissue support and is ideal for subcuticular skin closure.26 For Plus protection with no knots, ask about STRATAFIX™ Spiral MONOCRYL™ Plus Knotless Tissue Control Device.
Coated VICRYL® Plus Antibacterial (polyglactin 910) Suture
Coated VICRYL® Plus Antibacterial (polyglactin 910) Suture
Coated VICRYL Plus Sutures provide 2-4 weeks of support and are ideal for general tissue approximation and ligation.27
PDS® Plus Antibacterial (polydioxanone) Suture
PDS® Plus Antibacterial (polydioxanone) Suture
PDS Plus Sutures provide 4-6 weeks of support28 and are ideal for deep tissue layers. Plus technology is also available in STRATAFIX™ Symmetric PDS™ Plus Knotless Tissue Control Device.
STRATAFIX™ Knotless Tissue Control Devices with Plus technology
STRATAFIX™ Knotless Tissue Control Devices with Plus technology
STRATAFIX™ Plus Devices are the only commercially available knotless tissue control devices with triclosan.
Low-cost part of an SSI prevention bundle3,22,29¶
A single SSI can cost up to $39,000.29,30,38 But at up to $5 more per surgery than traditional sutures, Plus Sutures are an affordable part of the WHO-recommended SSI-prevention care bundle.3,22,29¶
Triclosan sutures were not banned by the FDA
Triclosan was questioned in several other products because of insufficient evidence, not confirmed lack of safety or efficacy.31,32 Plus Sutures were shown in vivo and in vitro to be nontoxic, nonirritating, noncarcinogenic, and nonteratogenic.33 And a 10-year clinical survey showed no relationship between triclosan usage and antibiotic resistance.34
References
‡21 RCTs, 6462 patients, 95% CI: (14, 40%), P<0.001.
§All triclosan-coated sutures in these RCTs were Ethicon Plus Antibacterial Sutures (MONOCRYL® Plus Antibacterial [poliglecaprone 25] Suture, Coated VICRYL® Plus Antibacterial [polyglactin 910] Suture, and PDS® Plus Antibacterial [polydioxanone] Suture).
¶Assuming 10 or fewer strands used per surgical case.
**5 meters triclosan-coated suture in a 58kg patient.
††Single dose of toothpaste with triclosan.
‡‡Full body wash with 1% triclosan.
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35. As shown in vitro.
36. Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE), Escherichia coli, and Klebsiella pneumoniae.
37. Clean wounds 10 RCT, 2842 patients 95% CI (11-43%). P= 0.003; non-clean wounds 14 RCT, 3620 patients. 95% CI (7 – 42%).
38. As shown in coronary artery bypass surgery.