Use Instructions

Instruction for Use

plasma care and plasma care spacer

IFU plasma care© and plasma care© spacer

Version: 0.1

Date: 26.05.2020

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If non-vital tissue, necrotic tissue, fibrin layers or foreign particles are present in

the wound, careful wound bed preparation (using wound rinsing solutions with-

out active components) needs to be performed prior to plasma care® treat-

ment. Otherwise the plasma treatment may not be effective.

Generally a wound is treated with a wet-to-dry dressing. First, the wound bed is irrigated and

topical antiseptics are applied. A wet dressing is applied which is destined to dry in the wound

bed. At the next dressing change, removal of the dry dressing debrides the wound base.

Treatment with the plasma care® should occur after a dressing is removed and the wound bed

is irrigated with sterile NaCl or Ringer’s solution. Surgical or ultrasonic debridement, if used,

should also occur before use of the plasma care®. The wound should no longer bleed, and

excessive blood should be removed.

Topically applied antiseptics should be applied only after treatment with the plasma care®.

The following substances must be applied after the treatment with the plasma care®:

• Antiseptics, e.g. iodopovidone-solution, polyhexanide, octenidine

• Topicalley applied antibiotics e.g. fusidic acid, sulfonamide, gentamycin

• All other substances and reagents that remain in the wound after application.

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The application of antiseptics, topical antibiotics, etc. should occur after the

treatment with the plasma care®. Otherwise no statement regarding the effec-

tiveness of the plasma treatment and the antimicrobial treatment can be made.

8.3.2 Techniques for larger wounds

Treating large wounds with the plasma care®

If the wound area is larger than the area that can be covered by the spacer, the plasma care®

should be carefully relocated (i.e. lifted off and put down again gently) to the adjacent un-

treated area and the plasma treatment is restarted.

This procedure is repeated until the entire wound has been treated. Pay attention to creating

a slight overlap between the areas covered by the spacer, when relocating the plasma care®.

Exchanging the spacer

If more than 6 plasma treatments are required to cover the entire wound area, the spacer

needs to be exchanged as a single spacer can only be used for 6 consecutive plasma dis-

charges.

9 Cleaning, maintenance and servicing

9.1 Cleaning and maintenance

9.1.1 Cleaning of the plasma care® and docking station

Cleaning of the plasma care® is carried out in two steps:

1. Pre-cleaning: