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Partner with MEGADYNE™ Energy, part of Ethicon, to build a stronger OR Safety environment for staff and patients by reducing the risks of:

Surgical Smoke
According to the CDC, exposure to surgical smoke can cause both acute and chronic health effects ranging from eye, nose and throat irritation to emphysema, asthma or chronic bronchitis.1

Sharps Injuries
17% of sharps injuries in OR attributed to scalpel blades.2
Up to $154 million spent annually on scalpel-related injuries.3

Burns
29% of all energy-based device complications reported to the FDA are pad-site burns, and the risk of a pad-site burn injury is increased when the current is concentrated.4
References
- NIOSH Study Finds Healthcare Workers’ Exposure to Surgical Smoke Still Common. Nov 3, 2015. (075012-190205)
- Jagger J, Berguer R, Phillips EK, Parker G, Gomaa AE; American Journal of Surgery; Apr;210(4):496-502. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.12.018. (126599-191029)
- Injuries incurred by hospital-based healthcare personnel. Workbook for Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Sharps Injury Prevention Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008. (078291-191029)
- Overbey DM, Townsend NT, Chapman BC, et al. Surgical Energy-Based Device Injuries and Fatalities Reported to the Food and Drug Administration. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2015;221:197-205 e1.
- In a preclinical porcine model at 60W vs. uncoated stainless steel blades at 60W (p<0.001). Kisch T, et al. Electrocautery Devices With Feedback Mode and Teflon-Coated Blades Create Less Surgical Smoke for a Quality Improvement in the Operating Theater. Medicine, 2015; 94(27). (074999-190121)
- In a clinical study vs. cold steel scalpel that demonstrated noninferior wound healing/scar formation via the Patient Scar Assessment Scale (PSAS) (p<0.0001). Lee BJ, et al. Advanced Cutting Effect System versus Cold Steel Scalpel: Comparative Wound Healing and Scar Formation in Targeted Surgical Applications. Plast Reconstr surgery Glob open. 2014;2(10). (075570-190801)
- In ACE Mode vs. standard monopolar electrosurgery: In a preclinical porcine model vs. uncoated stainless steel blades at 60W (p<0.001). Kisch T, et al. Electrocautery Devices with Feedback Mode and Teflon-Coated Blades Create Less Surgical Smoke for a Quality Improvement in the Operating Theater. Medicine, 2015;94(27). (075563-190304)
- Bae, Hahn‐Sol, MD; Lee, Mu‐Young, MD; Park, Ji‐Ung, MD,* Medicine January 2018 ‐ Volume 97 ‐ Issue 1 > Intraoperative burn from a grounding pad of electrosurgical device during breast surgery: A CARE‐ compliant case report