According to a recent study published in the journal Thrombosis Research, 1 in 100 patients who underwent surgery developed a life-threatening blood clot or deep vein thromboembolism (DVT). Additionally, 80% of those patients who developed a DVT within 90 days of discharge required additional medical procedures and monitoring. Fortunately, there is something surgical teams can do to help prevent blood clots from forming beyond medication, leg exercises, and compression stockings.
Developing Blood Clots can Be Life-Threatening
While a DVT is not always life-threatening, there is always a risk of the blood clot breaking loose and traveling to the lungs and causing a pulmonary embolism (PE). After a DVT diagnosis, many people endure chronic swelling, pain, or scaling. These patients will often require extensive medical care for pain management purposes for many years, and they are the lucky ones who survive. The CDC estimates that up to 100,000 people die each year of a DVT and up to 30% of those diagnosed with a DVT will die within 30 days.
Blood Clots Could Increase the Liability and Cost for Surgical Centers
When a DVT is suspected, patients will need to return to the surgery center for further assessment and the expenses could add up for both the patient and the surgery center. This is particularly the case if either the patient requires further medical treatment or the patient’s life is threatened by the DVT. The time of the surgical team and suggested treatment methods can become additional costs that neither the patient nor the surgery center was anticipating. Such increased medical bills and time out of work could impact a patient’s ability to pay for the added expense. Moreover, a patient’s death following a surgical procedure could put the surgery center at an increased risk of liability issues that could incur legal fees and time spent in court proceedings.
The Best Medical Surgery Center DVT Program
The good news is there is a simple system every surgical center can offer patients that will help lower the risk of developing a DVT in addition to traditional prevention methods such as exercises, medications, and compression garments. A non-pharmacological DVT prevention method, such as a portable DVT compression therapy pump can work to help lower the risk of patients developing blood clots during or following surgery.
This method works by increasing blood circulation and decreasing venous pressure in the patient’s extremities. Additionally, the portable DVT compression therapy pump can reduce post-operative pain and swelling as well as assist in the treatment of other medical conditions including stasis dermatitis, venous stasis ulcers, arterial and diabetic leg ulcers, and chronic venous insufficiency.
How to Order and Stock Portable DVT Compression Therapy Pumps
At Best Medical, we will order and stock your portable DVT compression therapy pumps using our easy and cost-effective inventory management program. With this program, we will provide the required number of machines on a consignment basis, order and manage the inventory for all disposable SCD sleeves at no cost to your facility, manage take-home versions of the machines, and bill the DVT equipment to the patients’ insurance companies.
Additionally, our friendly customer service team will replace any equipment that is not performing as expected. Simply give us a call at (817) 585-1772 to ask us your questions. We’re here to help your surgical team reduce time, liability, and expense while allowing patients to breathe easier about the risk of DVT formation with our popular Surgery Center DVT Program.
DVTs pose a serious risk to your patients as well as add liability, time, and cost your surgical team. Take steps to diminish the risk of patients forming DVTs with our safe non-pharmaceutical Surgery Center DVT Program. This is a game-changer, and it is perhaps the easiest preventative measure your team can take in the battle against blood clot formation. Call today.