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CareFusion Launches New Preoperative Cleansing Program For In-Home Patient Use
Date:11/13/2012

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CareFusion Corp. (NYSE: CFN), a leading, global medical technology company, today unveiled a new preoperative cleansing program for patients that includes an industry-first, individualized reminder program that helps patients remember and follow a clinician's preoperative bathing instructions.

Many organizations including the Centers for Disease Control, Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Project JOINTS Initiative recommend preoperative bathing prior to hospital admission as part of the pre-surgical process. In fact, in a recent survey of 151 surgeons, 94 percent recommended a bathing protocol to help reduce the risk of contracting a health care associated infection while in the hospital.[1] However, patient compliance with preoperative bathing at home remains low. In a study published in the September 2010 edition of the Journal of Arthroplasty, less than 14 percent of patients fully comply with a clinician's preoperative bathing instructions at home.[2]

The StartClean program drives compliance with physician bathing instructions by combining a chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) cleanser and sponges with an individualized service that sends reminders to comply with preoperative bathing instructions via text message, email or voicemail in the days or hours leading up to a procedure. StartClean was specifically designed to support initiatives at hospitals and other points of care to drive compliance with preoperative bathing instructions.

"Quality health care delivery has always been epitomized by the essential communication between patient and caregiver," said Allan J. Morrison, M.D., MSc, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA of Inova Fairfax Hospital.  "A recent study reinforced the power of good communication when it reported that sending text messages to parents incr
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