Safety Tips - Cardinal Health NPWT PRO Patient User Manual

• During Negative Pressure Wound Therapy, the Cardinal Health™ NPWT PRO family of devices and Cardinal Health™
NPWT Dressing are a closed system and are NOT vented to atmosphere.
• During Negative Pressure Wound Therapy, when a canister fills with fluid, it should be replaced immediately as
fluids such as wound exudate will not be removed from the dressing once the canister is full.

1.5 Safety Tips

KEEP THERAPY ON
The Cardinal Health™ NPWT PRO family of devices should be operated at least 22 hours out of every 24 hour period.
Contact your Healthcare Professional if therapy stops or if the device is OFF for more than 2 hours in a 24 hour period.
Your Healthcare Professional will need to change your dressing.
MONITORING THE WOUND
Inspect the dressing frequently to ensure that the foam is collapsed and that therapy is being delivered in a consistent
manner. Monitor wound exudates for signs of active bleeding. Monitor periwound tissue and exudate for signs of infection
or other complications.* Extra care and attention should be given if there are any signs of possible infection or related
complications. Infection can be serious. With or without the Cardinal Health™ NPWT PRO family of devices, infection can
lead to many adverse complications including pain, discomfort, fever, gangrene, toxic shock, septic shock, and various other
complications. With signs of more serious complications of infection, discontinue the use of the Cardinal Health™ NPWT PRO
family of devices until the serious infection is diagnosed and properly treated.
CARDINAL HEALTH™ NPWT DRESSING USE
Your Healthcare Professional will apply and change your dressings for you. The Cardinal Health™ NPWT Dressings
distributed by Cardinal Health are to be used exclusively with the Cardinal Health™ NPWT PRO family of devices.
NOTE: All dressing components of the Cardinal Health™ NPWT Dressing kit are packaged sterile. The decision to use clean
versus sterile/aseptic technique is dependent upon wound pathophysiology and physician/clinician preference.
All components of the Cardinal Health™ NPWT PRO disposable set are made without natural rubber latex.
Be sure to comply with all other 1.2 CONTRAINDICATIONS and 1.3 PRECAUTIONS for the Cardinal Health™ NPWT PRO
family of devices.
* Signs of possible infection may include fever, tenderness, redness, swelling, itching, and rash, increased warmth in the
wound area, sudden increase in pain, purulent discharge or a strong odor. Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, dizziness,
fainting, sore throat with swelling of the mucous membrane, disorientation, high fever (>102°F, 38.8°C), refractory
hypotension, orthostatic hypotension, or periwound induration (a sunburn-like rash) may be added signs of more serious
complications of infection.
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