{"id":1729,"date":"2016-12-07T00:10:28","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T00:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/uncategorized\/medical-glue-clue-australian-breakthrough\/"},"modified":"2016-12-07T00:10:28","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T00:10:28","slug":"medical-glue-clue-australian-breakthrough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/news\/medical-glue-clue-australian-breakthrough","title":{"rendered":"Medical glue is the clue to Australian breakthrough"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1>Medical glue is the clue to Australian breakthrough<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_608\" style=\"width: 395px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-608\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1730\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/07\/dr-simon-bugden-cab.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Simon Bugden\" width=\"385\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/07\/dr-simon-bugden-cab-200x120.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/07\/dr-simon-bugden-cab-250x150.jpg 250w, https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/07\/dr-simon-bugden-cab-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/caboolture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/07\/dr-simon-bugden-cab.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Simon Bugden\u2019s research was recently published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Caboolture Hospital Emergency physician Dr Simon Bugden and his research team have found a new way to make one of the most common medical procedures in the world \u2013 placing drips or IV lines \u2013 safer, less painful and potentially more cost effective.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers, funded by the EMF, found that using medical skin glue to hold hospital drips in place significantly reduced the need to replace them due to infection, pain, blockage or falling out.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Bugden said the failure rate for IV lines in the first 48 hours was 29-40 per cent\u00a0\u00a0in Australia and as high as 90 per cent internationally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe research team at Caboolture Hospital found that by using medical skin glue, we could reduce the failure rate to below 17 per cent,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe glue made IV lines harder to unintentionally remove and was also shown to kill the bacteria that most commonly cause infections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe other major benefit was patient comfort, with patients in the trial reporting that the glue caused less irritation and they were less worried about the lines falling out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoctors place more than 10 million IV lines in Australia each year \u2013 and more than 300 million in the US \u2013 so reducing the need to replace IV lines will save staff time and free up valuable healthcare resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The research is currently undergoing a cost-benefit analysis by health economists at Griffith University, with a view to rolling out the new procedure on a wide scale.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Simon Bugden\u2019s research was recently published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caboolture Hospital Emergency physician Dr Simon Bugden and his research team have found a new way to make one of the most common medical procedures in the world \u2013 placing drips or IV lines \u2013 safer, less painful and potentially more cost 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