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Acute wounds are a major health problem in that they are difficult to treat, reduce the patients’ quality of life, and increase length of hospital stay and overall health care costs.
Furthermore, several possible wound healing complications, such as infections, can lead to mortality. Not only does improper wound care impact health, but also causes social isolation and dependency, resulting in further psychological problems.
With the prevalence of wounds growing, 39% of which are unlikely to heal within a year,* the demand for cost effective wound care is paramount.
We estimate that simply switching to a NPWT protocol with the VivereX, early in treatment rather than using standard wound care throughout, you could save over $5000 per patient.
Our data shows that while the cost of dressings is comparative, the reduction in required nurse hours (due to the reduced number of changes and expedited wound healing) drives the significant cost savings.
Assuming a a chronic wound that requires 90 days of care to heal, using standard methods.
Average Wound Healing Time
1.5 Hours on Dressing Change Every 3 Days**
Each dressing made up of a foam and dressing***
Save $5,604
NPWT will expedite wound healing, in our experience, taking an average of 6 weeks to heal a chronic wound.
Average Wound Healing Time
A VivereX Pump change every 10 Days and dressing change every 5 Days****
A VivereX kit comes with a pump and 2 x dressings*****
* Guest JF,Vowden K, Vowden P. The health economic burden that acute and chronic wounds impose on an average clinical commissioning group/health board in the UK. Published Online: 9 Jun 2017.
Cost Model estimations as at November 2022 :
**Nurse estimated at $217.50 per 1.5hrs (total for 30 changes $6,525)
***Standard Care Dressing = Aquacel Ag dressing (15×15 = $66 per dressing) and one Allevyn Life foam dressing ( 15 x 15 = $15.05 per dressing) = $81.05 per dressing (total for 30 $2431.50)
****Nurse cost per dressing = $145 (total for 4 changes $580) and nurse cost to check at day 5 = $145 (total for 4 checks $580). Total Nurse cost = $1060
*****4 x VivereX = $1336