Introducing: Opt-Sheet™The Operating Room Bed Sheet with Protection

By BCG Medical .

Opt-Sheet™ Slide Show

Presentation

Opt-sheet™, New Surgical Bed

Sheet that Offers:

Multiple safety benefits for surgical patients

Risk reduction of work-related back injury for the staff

Time-cost efficiencies in the Operating Room

It’s all about patient care, patient comfort, patient safety, hospital cost savings and hospital efficiencies

Current Situation with O.R. Bed

Sheet

Thousands of surgeries are being performed in the U.S. everyday

Patients undergoing surgeries under anesthesia are at risk for nerve and bodily injuries due to inconsistent and unreliable limb securing methods

Peripheral nerve injuries and brachial plexus injuries are common.

The Ulnar nerve is most frequently affected among these injuries, accounting for 33% of all nerve damage cases

The true number of nerve injuries during general anesthesia remains unclear and is most likely underestimated.

Current System Showing Use of

Simple Bed Sheet (Unsecured)

Current Product: Inflatable Mattress

Advantages

Aids in bed-to bed transfer

of patient

Reduces cross

contamination

Disadvantages

High cost to the hospital.

($80 per sheet)

Requires air supply source

Does not address nerve

injury and artery occlusion

risks.

No means to secure

patients legs

No I.V. port positioning

feature

Opt-Sheet™ with Double-

Fastening System (patent-

pending)

Opt-Sheet™ Benefits Fitted sheet allows faster O.R. bed

preparation

Superior protection for patients limbs

during surgery

Helps reduce self-inflicted injuries

Provides secure and easy access to I.V.

ports

Easier bed-to-bed patient transfer

Reduces cross-contamination

Reasonably priced

Opt-Sheet™ Benefits (cont.)

Helps reduce risk of pressure ulcer

Helps reduce risk of patient sliding off the O.R.

bed during surgery in extreme positions

How Bed is Made with

Opt-Sheet™

Waterproof to prevent

cross contamination

Fitted Ends

Four buckles

to secure

sheet

to O.R. bed

How Bed is Made with

Opt-Sheet™

How Bed is Made with

Opt-Sheet™

Fasteners for I.V. access

Leg straps

Shoulder Line

Handles for lateral support

Pockets for suction tip and tubing

How Bed is Made with

Opt-Sheet™

Arm Pad

Patent-pending Double- fastening

system

Patient on Opt-Sheet™

Arms and

hands „

are

positioned

between

the two

layers

of double-

fastening system

Double-fastening System

(secured with first layer)

Arms and Hands are

Securely Tucked (second

layer)

Secure Straps for Legs

Fasteners for I.V. Access Ports and

Pockets for Suction Tip and Tubing

Patient with Hands, Arms &

Legs Secured

Current System: Common Bed

Sheet

Advantages

Low cost resusable sheets

Disadvantages

Reprocessing (laundry) cost and logistics can be expensive.

Poorly made O.R. bed.

Possible cross contamination.

Insecure arm positioning when tucked

Risk of nerve injury and axillary artery occlusion due to bunching at the axilla.

Double- fastening System

Advantages

Only one nurse is needed to secure the patient‟s arms.

No need to look for and to use gel pads.

Arms and hands are securely cradled and are slightly elevated from the O.R. bed, thus minimizing pressure on the Ulnar areas.

Pads provide additional insulation.

Arms and hands are in neutral position and less I.V. indentation on the patient‟s arms.

The Opt-Sheet™ Benefits Currently, no surgical bed sheet product brings all the

solutions that Opt-Sheet™ does.

Ease of preparing the O.R. bed .

Secured protection for the extremities

Memory foam in buttock area to reduce pressure ulcer

Foley catheter fastener

I.V. access fasteners

Help reduce self-inflicted injuries during emergence

from anesthesia

Ease of lateral patient transfer helps reduce injuries to staff

Reduction of cross contamination

Potential reduction of law suits due to patient injury

Competitively priced

Market Description for

Opt-Sheet™

The target market for the Opt-Sheet™ includes

hospitals, O.R. staff, Anesthesiologists, and

Surgeons

Additional support could potentially be

obtained from the following organizations: Center for Disease Control (CDC)

Occupational Safety and Health Administration ( OSHA)

American Hospital Association (AHA)

American Operating Room Nurses (AORN)

American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)

Market ReadinessData from the American Society of Anesthesiologists

(ASA) closed claims project continues to indicate that

severe anesthesia-related injuries such as death and

brain damage are becoming less frequent. This is NOT

the case, however, with anesthesia-related peri-

operative nerve injuries.

“ Cheney FW: peri-operative Ulnar nerve injury.”

ASA newsletter 62(6): 10-11-1998.

IT IS ABOUT TIME TO REPLACE THE CURRENT O.R.

BEDDING WITH THE Opt-Sheet™ .OUR SURGICAL PATIENTS DO DESERVE THE BEST.

Brandon Giap, M.D.

THIS IS THE END OF THE OUR SLIDE SHOW

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