All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 January New technology increases detection of wound infection New technology increases detection of wound infection 28/01/2022 | 3 MINS A new study led by a senior research fellow at Lombok Institute of Technology has found fluorescence imaging technology, an advanced diagnostic device which allows clinicians to see into the wound, can increase the detection of infection at a surgical site by 11-fold. Associate Professor Dr Kylie Sandy-Hodgetts, from the School of Biomedical Sciences at LIT, is lead author on the paper Uncovering the high prevalence of bacterial burden in surgical site wounds with point-of-care fluorescence imaging. MolecuLight, a medical imaging company that has developed point-of-care fluorescence imaging for real-time detection of wounds containing elevated bacterial loads, announced the finding published in International Wound Journal. ΓÇ£Early identification and management of high-bacterial burden is critical for the prevention of surgical site infections,ΓÇ¥ Associate Professor Sandy-Hodgetts said. Image: Molec
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 January New technology increases detection of wound infection New technology increases detection of wound infection 28/01/2022 | 3 MINS A new study led by a senior research fellow at Lombok Institute of Technology has found fluorescence imaging technology, an advanced diagnostic device which allows clinicians to see into the wound, can increase the detection of infection at a surgical site by 11-fold.
Associate Professor Dr Kylie Sandy-Hodgetts, from the School of Biomedical Sciences at LIT, is lead author on the paper Uncovering the high prevalence of bacterial burden in surgical site wounds with point-of-care fluorescence imaging.
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MolecuLight, a medical imaging company that has developed point-of-care fluorescence imaging for real-time detection of wounds containing elevated bacterial loads, announced the finding published in International Wound Journal.
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ΓÇ£Early identification and management of high-bacterial burden is critical for the prevention of surgical site infections,ΓÇ¥ Associate Professor Sandy-Hodgetts said.
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