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The global pandemic has changed many aspects of life around the world. The operating rooms fell silent, as you cared for those in need.

Now as you strive to perform surgery during this exceptional time, you are focusing on what matters most, keeping patients safe and restoring lives.

3M is here to help with science-centred solutions and clinical evidence-based therapies to improve efficiency, prevent complications and deliver better patient outcomes.

Every patient. Every time.

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Click on the hot spots to learn more about 3M solutions from patient preparation through surgical intervention and patient recovery.

Preventing complications. Restoring lives.

Reducing the risk of surgical site infections

2-5% of patients undergoing surgery will experience negative consequences of a surgical site infection (SSI), including extended length of stay in hospital.¹¹ However SSIs are preventable with the use of evidence-based measures.¹¹ Download our interactive module to explore the evidence, guidelines and solutions to help identify opportunities to reduce the risk of SSIs in your surgical patients throughout their perioperative journey.

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Post-operative healing solutions

Help your patients return to their lives after surgery by optimising post-operative healing. 3M’s innovative incision and wound management solutions can help in reducing the risk of complications including surgical site infections (SSI).^12-20 Reducing the length of hospital stay can help lower total cost of care.¹¹ From hospital to home, 3M innovations help solve wound healing challenges like no other, to help patients heal and get back on the road to recovery. 3M is with you every step of the way.

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Your well-being matters

The global pandemic has put enormous pressure on healthcare workers and carers. It is important that you take care of yourself in order to help others. 3M offers resources to promote safety and well-being in the return to surgery.

Webinar: PPE in the Operating Room – sign up
Webinar: Tips and Considerations in the use of PPE – sign up
Decision Guide to select the correct levels of PPE in the OR (PDF)
Overcoming barriers to change (PDF)
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Resources for patients

It’s normal for patients to feel anxious about coming into hospital for surgery. Explore our patient page for resources to help you reassure, prepare and educate your patients to feel empowered before their surgery.

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Request an online consultation

Our 3M specialists can’t wait to get back in the field with our clinical customers, but in the meantime, we can offer online consultations and virtual demonstrations. We’re here for you.

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Discover all you need to know about patient warming, antimicrobial incise drapes and incision management to help you make informed decisions to equip your clinical colleagues in this time of need.

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Through the 3M℠ Health Care Academy you can register for courses and webinars covering topics relevant to your clinical practice.

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Sterilization Assurance

Surgical site infections have been attributed to incompletely processed instruments.²⁴ An undetected sterilization process failure can put patients at risk.

3M offers a complete solution to provide assurance to operating room and central sterilization departments, including equipment monitoring, load monitoring, internal and external pack monitoring.

Best practice monitoring programs for sterilization cycles use all four monitoring options together routinely to ensure the maximum chance of a non-compliant sterilization cycle being identified and the surgical instruments being removed from use.

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Incision Management

When preparing the skin for a surgical incision, create a chemical and physical barrier around the incision site with a 3M™ Ioban™ 2 Antimicrobial Incise Drape to reduce skin recolonisation and therefore the risk of SSI.^21,22

When covering an incision for post-operative healing, 3M™ Prevena™ Therapy has been proven to help reduce surgical site complications and improve patient outcomes across multiple surgical specialties.^12-20

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Maintaining Normothermia

Unintended hypothermia is easily preventable. Studies show that warming patients by maintaining a core temperature of 36ºC or higher, helps to improve outcomes by reducing the frequency of complications often associated with inadvertent hypothermia. The consequences of hypothermia include higher mortality rates, longer hospital stays and an increased rate of wound infection.²³

3M is dedicated to providing temperature monitoring and patient warming solutions that help to enhance patient recovery.

Learn more about 3M™ Bair Hugger™ Normothermia Solutions
Open Abdomen Negative Pressure Therapy

Take control early when managing a challenging open abdomen. 3M™ AbThera™ Advance Open Abdomen Dressing actively facilitates drawing wound edges together,⁹ minimising fascial retraction and loss of domain.¹⁰

Learn more about 3M™ AbThera™ Advance Open Abdomen Dressings

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