SAN DIEGO, Dec. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — CareFusion (NYSE:
CFN), a leading, global medical device company, today announced
the launch of Verso™ 90 adapter, a component that enables
uninterrupted access to a ventilated patient’s airway without
having to disconnect the patient from the ventilator. Disconnecting
a patient from the ventilator circuit can lead to life-threatening
lung infections and degradation of lung function.

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The new Verso 90 adapter is part of the
AirLife™ Closed-Suction System which is different from
traditional closed-suction catheters because of its modularity.
With this system, a clinician can change catheters or perform
various airway access procedures through a single port without
having to disconnect the patient from the ventilator. This leads to
increased patient safety because disconnecting a patient from the
ventilator circuit can lead to lung derecruitment, which in some
patients, may result in atelectasis
or hypoxemia.

In addition, keeping a closed system when changing catheters or
performing bronchoscopies, reduces the risk of cross contamination
which can lead to ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). The
incident of VAP is 22.8 percent in patients receiving mechanical
ventilation(1), with a cost of $28,508 per patient(2) and increases
the length of stay in the hospital by an average of 12.2
days(3).

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