Sustainability
Through sustainable innovation, we can meet present needs without compromising those of future generations. By inventing an energy-efficient healthcare ventilation solution, Avidicare is improving today’s healthcare outcomes while respecting the environment – both now and in the future.
The Opragon ventilation solution leverages a unique gravity-driven downflow and air distribution pattern to achieve ultra-clean conditions with up to 60% lower airflow – reducing energy consumption and environmental impact. The efficient design control airflow in a way that minimizes turbulence, better manages obstructions, and maintains core functionality over a range of different air volumes. As a result, hospitals benefit from lower fan energy use, a smaller HVAC footprint, and lower overall investment and operating costs.
Additionally, two-zone ventilation and temperature control provide a more comfortable working environment for staff while preserving a cleaner periphery, further enhancing patient safety. Central HEPA-filter placement eases maintenance and reduces downtime. Altogether, the innovative approach delivers not only best-in-class infection control but also a more sustainable and cost-effective solution for modern operating rooms.
Our most important contribution towards improved sustainability is that healthcare providers minimize the risk of costly and painful Surgical Site Infections (SSI), and that the ventilation solution we offer is energy efficient. Opragon ensures that healthcare:
- Reduces the risk of infections
- Has energy efficient ultra-clean ventilation.
Sustainability Highlights – Opragon is Optimized for Green Operation
The results you desire with smarter airflow and smaller environmental impact
How Avidicare Contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals
1. Reducing the Risk of Surgical Site Infections (SSI) by Minimizing Airborne Microbial Contamination:
The Opragon ventilation solution maintains ultra-clean levels of airborne contaminants, thereby reducing the risk of SSI. Each SSI can be devastating for patients and healthcare providers, often resulting in extended treatments and high resource usage.
2. Supporting Antimicrobial Stewardship by Optimizing Antibiotic Prophylaxis:
By addressing a key SSI risk factor (airborne contamination), the Opragon solution may over time help to reduce the need for broad-spectrum antibiotic use, thereby contributing to global efforts to combat antimicrobial resistance.
3. Reducing Energy Consumption with Superior Ventilation Efficiency:
The Opragon solution uses significantly less airflow than traditional systems while preserving exceptional air quality. Lower airflow reduces fan energy, equipment footprint, operational costs, and overall environmental impact.
4. Airflow Optimization for Different Needs:
The Opragon solution can be adjusted between high and low energy consumption modes based on the surgical complexity, anticipated contamination load, and associated SSI risk. Unlike traditional laminar airflow (LAF) systems, this unique feature helps strike the right balance between infection control and sustainability, minimizing energy use without compromising patient safety.
The smartest ventilation solution doesn’t have to be difficult!
Read more about the Opragon ventilation solution, and the ease of installation and maintenance at our Technology page.
The world’s greenest hospital uses Opragon
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Avidicare and Opragon are part of the project “Worlds Greenest Hospital” – a future-proof digital hospital created to showcase sustainable healthcare solutions from the Nordics to the world.
The hospital will contain about one hundred of the greenest solutions available for healthcare. All the products and services in mind are already installed at Nordic hospitals and healthcare facilities, on the market and ready-to-be-used today.
The Opragon features a low energy use without compromising efficiency, which is unique compared to any other ultra-clean ventilation system.
We can tell you more
The Avidicare team is open to presentation and in-depth discussion on how the Opragon system can make a difference for both patients and hospital staff.
