Orthopedic Wound NGS is a comprehensive wound pathogen panel provided by Tesis Biosciences. One simple swab collection provides fast, definitive identification of targeted pathogens.

• Faster and more specific diagnosis leads to faster healing
• Therapeutic recommendations provided with each report
• Targets key Bacterial, Viral, and Fungal Pathogens
• Saves money

Orthopedic Wound NGS outperforms the standard wound culture as more than 85% of bacterial pathogens do not grow out fully in culture. NGS can detect anaerobic organisms growing deep inside a wound that a standard culture would often miss.

The following list includes conditions that are known to affect surgical wound complication rate:

• Immunocompromised state: diabetes; autoimmune disease such as rheumatoid arthritis or lupus; cancer; long-term corticosteroid therapy; or any patient receiving chemotherapeutic agents or medications that dampen immune response.
• Altered states of perfusion: chronic respiratory conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, vascular disorders including peripheral vascular disease, hypertension or hypotension, coagulopathy, smoking.
• Advanced surgical wound classification
• Malnutrition
• Radiation therapy
• Unintentional weight loss
• Female sex
• Obesity
• Longer duration of surgical procedure (greater than two hours)
• Emergency procedure
• Pre-operative sepsis