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Biogel delivers Möre to enhance the performance of clinicians and improve outcomes by providing comfortable gloves that simultaneously increase safety and protection for clinicians and their patients while delivering total cost savings.
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Delivering Möre is part of our DNA. It’s our passion for improvement, constant innovation, relentless customer focus - and our drive to provide value at every turn. This drive has made a better surgical glove, one that enhances the performance of clinicians, and improves outcomes.
Proven Performance
Clinician Safety & Satisfaction
Partnership
Biogel delivers TÖTAL VALUE through improved clinician safety and satisfaction
How infections happen
Reducing glove failures
Utilization savings case study
Biogel Quality Manufacturing
Aseptic barrier
Surgical glove perforation
Breach of aseptic barrier
Increased risk of infection
Potential additional costs
Glove breaches can expose healthcare workers to bloodborne pathogens and put patients at an increased risk of infection.
How Infections Happen
Clinician safety & satisfaction
Proven Performance
A surgical glove either minimizes failures, or it places everyone at risk when breaches go undetected.
Biogel Indicator® undergloves are uniquely engineered to work together to maximize speed and visibility of any puncture or breach.
Biogel introduced the world’s first double gloving system with puncture indication.
Blue inner glove color was selected based on color physics to maximize visibility.
Clear
Indication size is designed to provide a large, visual alert from a distance.
Large
Designed to make the spot following a puncture visible as fast as possible.
Fast
Reduced glove failures = Reduced infection risk
Reducing glove failures
Not all surgical gloves provide the same protection. A significant difference exists in barrier protection provided by different glove brands. Biogel Surgical Gloves have statistically fewer observed failures than any other glove brand.¹
1.31%
3.76%
4.65%
5.66%
In a US-based study across five facilities measuring in-use failure rates, non-Biogel gloves were at least 3.5 times as likely to fail as Biogel gloves.¹
5.94%
11.24%
Mean Glove Failure rate
Biogel
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C2
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C4
C5
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10%
8%
6%
4%
2%
0%
Latex allergy
Glove punctures
Contact Dermatitis
Biogel® surgical gloves cut infection risks (and costs).
Biogel delivers Möre to enhance the performance of clinicians and improve outcomes by providing comfortable gloves that simultaneously increase safety and protection for clinicians and their patients while delivering total cost savings.
Utilization Savings
Solutions
Challenges
of OR staff are latex sensitive.¹
34%
1-5%
58%
of ORs report at least one late latex allergy discovery per month.³
of general population has a latex allergy.²
Average annual hospital cost to manage OR teardowns.
$17,880
94%
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Biogel synthetic gloves offer similar fit, feel, and comfort to natural rubber latex.
of surgeons rated the Biogel PI synthetic gloves as good or better than Biogel latex
Clinicial Nurse Specialists
Glove Experts
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With Biogel you Get Möre than just Surgical Gloves
Needlestick injuries
Sources
MHC Study #G09-005 2. Utilizing the Lean Process in Surgical Glove Standardization, Samuel E. Sullivan RN CNOR, Published Poster, AORN 2020
Utilizing the Lean Process in Surgical Glove Standardization, Samuel E. Sullivan RN CNOR, Published Poster, AORN 2020
Data on File, MHC-2018-37408
Manufacturing Data on File, MHC
Data on file, MHC
Global SERMO Surgeon Survey, April 2019.
Nolan, Rachel. Surgical Glove Best Practice using a Just Culture Model. Rachel Nolan, RN, BSN, CNOR Published Poster, AORN 2020.
Mischke C, Verbeek JH, Saarto A, et al. Gloves, extra gloves or special types of gloves for preventing percutaneous exposure injuries in healthcare personnel. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014;3:CD009573
Timler D, Kusinski M, Iltchev P, et al. Glove failure in elective thyroid surgery. A prospective randomized study. International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health. 2015;28(3):http://dx.doi.org/10.13075/ijomeh.1896.00428.
O’Malley EM, Scott RD 2nd, Gayle J, Dekutoski J, Foltzer M, Lundstrom TS, et al. Costs of management of occupational exposures to blood and body fluids. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 2007;28(7):774-82. PubMed ID: 17564978
Wigmore SJ & Rainey JP. BJS 1994: 81:1480
Wharton, Kurt R., Thomas J., Henderson P., Phillippe, “Can converting to synthetic surgical gloves lower hospital operating room costs? OR Manager, May 2016
Data on File, Biogel Challenge Results.
Data on file, MHC. Definitive Healthcare, 2017
Gerberding JL, Littell C, Tarkington A, et al. Risk of exposure of surgical personnel to patients’ blood during surgery at San Francisco General Hospital. New England Journal of Medicine. 1990;322:1788-1793.
M Sadat-Ali et al., Can Double-Gloves Improve Surgeon-Patient Barrier Efficiency? (International Surgery, 2006), 181-184.
Global Surgeon and Nurse Survey Conducted by Sermo April 2020. Data on File
Partnering with you, a dedicated team led by your local representative can conduct a SCOPE™ assessment. Depending on your needs, SCOPE may include a glove usage review, in-person observations and interviews. The resulting customized analysis includes standardization and cost-in-use savings opportunities.
Our Clinical Nurse Specialists are available to deliver virtual or live continuing education on topics such as infection prevention, sharps safety and other recommended practices to support increased efficiency and enhanced clinician and patient safety.
Needlestick injuries
Cuts or needlesticks occur in as many as 15% of operations.
Surgeons and assistants sustain up to 59% of injuries in the OR (putting them at the highest risk).
Double-gloving is proven to reduce the exposure to bloodborne infections by 71%.
Double-gloving reduced risk of blood exposure by 85% when outer glove was punctured.
93% of surgeons believe that high-quality surgical gloves reduce the chances of exposure to blood-borne viruses
Solutions
Challenges
Using the patented Biogel® Puncture Indication® System™ can increase breach detection to over 90%.
On average, only 10% of glove punctures are noticed during surgery, putting operating staff and patients at risk of exposure.
Surgeons and assistants sustain up to 59% of injuries in the OR (putting them at the highest risk).
Glove puncture
Estimated cost to manage each instance of a glove puncture.
$4,838
10
Solutions
Challenges
Biogel PI Ultratouch S surgical gloves is made with a skin-friendly formula developed to reduce the risk of Type IV allergic contact dermatitis.
of surgeons and nurses have personally experienced a skin reaction in the OR
31%
have experienced them on multiple occasions, with 27% experiencing reactions more than 10 times.
94.5%
of respondents said the skin reaction has a negative impact on their quality of life.
34%
Average annual hospital cost to manage OR teardowns.
$17,880
A recent survey conducted amongst 555 practicing operating room surgeons and nurses revealed that one third of surgeons and nurses are suffering from harmful allergic reactions in the operating room.
Learn how to manage latex allergies
Learn how to manage needlestick injuries
ORs are at the highest risk of needlestick injuries
Most glove punctures go unnoticed.
Case study
of hospitals stock biogel gloves
95%
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Southwest IDN
An eight-hospital group established system-wide savings goals and examined opportunities to improve O.R. efficiencies where they were stocking over 70 different gloves. By converting to Biogel synthetic gloves, the IDN was able to achieve 9% utilization savings.
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59% SKU reduction
Doctors
460
8
Hospitals
SKUs
41
standard style
1
latex-free styles
99%
SKUs
76
styles in-use
20
latex-free styles
55%
After
Before
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Believe in a better glove
Every Biogel glove is 100% air-inflated and visually inspected for holes.
100% inflation
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The Biogel AQL is 0.65 (process average is 0.20%) exceeding the FDA Acceptable Quality Limit standard of 1.5.
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0.65 AQL
Every Biogel glove undergoes a 13-point review to ensure quality including mechanical, chemical and microbiological testing.
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13-point review
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Hospitals are moving towards a latex-free environment
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Natural Rubber Latex
Latex-free glove
reduced overall costs
$74,542
A retrospective case study at Alta Bates Medical Center conducted to quantify costs associated with converting from latex to Biogel synthetic gloves showed significant cost savings and improved patient and clinician safety.
Results of Alta Bates 100% conversion to Biogel® synthetic surgical gloves.
of 500 surgeons surveyed have either been personally affected by a needlestick injury or seen a colleague experience one.
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95%
Eliminated Type 1 latex allergic events for both patients and healthcare workers
Eliminated latex-related O.R. teardowns
Improved patient and healthcare worker safety
Alta Bates Medical Center
Latex allergy events
$111,315
Surgical gloves
(70$ NRL,
100% Synthetic)
$180,019
Post-conversion
Pre-conversion
Surgical gloves (100% Synthetic)
$216,792
*A glove failure is a hole, perforation, puncture, tear, or other breach of the sterile glove.
Case study
Solutions
Challenges
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Double-gloving with Biogel showed a 31% reduction in needlestick injuries at Basset Medical Center.
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Using the colored Biogel Indicator® Underglove, the Bassett Medical Center was able to realize 100% double-gloving compliance in all areas except the cardiac surgical team.
93% of surgeons believe that high-quality surgical gloves reduce the chances of exposure to blood-borne viruses
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Patient blood makes contact with OR personnel in as many as 50% of operations.
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Biogel® PI UltraTouch S surgical gloves is made with a skin-friendly formula developed to reduce the risk of Type IV allergic contact dermatitis.¹
Made without chemical accelerators known to cause contact dermatitis.¹
First surgical glove to be cleared by the FDA to reduce the potential for sensitizing users to chemical additives.²
87% of surgeons surveyed indicated they would be willing to use Biogel UltraTouch S gloves.³
Standardizing to Biogel has been successful in hospitals across the country because our portfolio is preferred and meets the varied needs of all clinicians.¹³ The precise fit, feel and comfort of Biogel gloves were specifically designed to enhance the performance of clinicians while increasing safety and protection from pathogens.
Better glove fit delivers satisfaction
Learn how to manage contact dermatitis
Learn how to manage contact dermatitis
Partnership
Biogel delivers TÖTAL VALUE through implementation expertise, clinician education and staff support. The Mölnlycke surgical support team are glove experts and make converting to Biogel surgical gloves seamless and worry-free.
End-to-end support
Implementation Excellence through our specialists
Pre-conversion
Conversion
Post-conversion
• Glove sizing
• Style selection
• In-servicing
• On-site support
• Coordinate stocking
• Stock replacement
• Follow-up visits
• Efficiency reviews
• CE education
Case study
Solutions
Challenges
14% of Healthcare spending is considered clinical waste.¹ Surgical gloves were 3rd most frequently wasted surgical supplies according to one study.² While O.R. generates the highest revenue for hospital, ORs also comprise up to 40% of budget spending.³
Hospitals are under increased pressure to reduce cost and minimize waste
53% of US Hospitals reported having implemented LEAN strategies.
LEAN principles aim to eliminate waste. Waste generators consume resources, time, and costs and for surgical gloves can include:
By eliminating latex gloves, double-gloving and standardizing high quality Biogel gloves with lower failures, cost-in use savings can be achieved.
Needlestick injuries
Glove perforations
Latex allergies teardowns idle time
Glove defects
in cost savings
$43,000
Storage space regained in the center core
cubic ft
111
SKU reductions
13
3
to
Cost savings as a result of eliminating the clinical risks for staff and patients associated with latex glove use.
$43,000
As part of a LEAN project, the University of Rochester Medical Center standardized to Biogel synthetic surgical gloves, decreasing glove styles and regaining storage space.
University of Rochester Medical Center
Results of Alta Bates 100% conversion to Biogel® synthetic surgical gloves.
Latex allergy events
$111,315
Download clinical summary
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Download the clinical summary
Standardizing to Biogel Synthetic Gloves improves O.R. Efficiency
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References
Filon L, et al. Latex allergy: a follow up study of 1040 healthcare workers. Occup and Environ Med. 2006;63(2):121-125
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Updated November 30, 2011. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/756632-overview.
Accessed November 27, 2012.
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CMR OR Teardown Market Research February 2012_Slide 11
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Wharton, Kurt R., Thomas J., Henderson P., Phillippe, “Can converting to synthetic surgical gloves lower hospital operating room costs? OR Manager, May 2016
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Download Bassett Medical Center Poster
Download the Nolan Poster
References
Final Design Verification Report. Mölnlycke Health Care. Data on File.
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Mölnlycke FDA 510K Clearance K191869
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User Evaluation Biogel® PI UltraTouch S Surgical Glove 191220. Mölnlycke Health Care. Data on File.
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References
Sahni NR, Chigurupati A, Kocher B, Cutler DM. How the U.S. can reduce waste in health care spending by $1 trillion. Harvard Business Review. October 13, 2015. https://hbr.org/2015/10/how-the-u-s-can-reduce-waste-in-health-care-spending-by-1-trillion. Accessed December 18, 2017.
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Zygourakis CC, Yoon S, Valencia V, et al. Operating room waste: disposable supply utilization in neurosurgical procedures.
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Cima RR, Brown MJ, Hebel JR, et al. Use of LEAN and six sigma methodology to improve operating room efficiency in a high-volume tertiary-care academic medical center. J Am Coll Surg. 2011;213:83-94.
Perioperative supply costs: bringing the power of information to the OR supply chain. GE Healthcare. Perioperative White Paper. 2012
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Surgical site infections (SSIs)
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Download University of Rochester project Poster
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of surgical gloves sold are now synthetic.
72%
Reference: MHC Data on File
Source: GHX Q42020: US Distributor sales of surgical gloves
Mean Glove Failure Rate
Bayesian 95% One-Sided Credible set for the Risk Ratio