Manage Pressure
Managing the pressure load over the contact areas of the body helps redistribute pressure away from the bony prominences where pressure injuries often occur.7
Pressure Injury Prevention and Treatment
What is a Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury?
Pressure Injuries Are Pervasive and Urgent Issues
The clinical, economic and humanistic burdens are significant.
60k
patients die from pressure injuries every year1
$26.8B
is spent on hospital-acquired injuries - 59% of which stem from Stage III and IV pressure injuries1
76%
of patients reported pain stemming from these conditions, according to a community population study.2
What are Pressure Injury Risk Factors?
Both environmental and patient pressure injury risk factors come into play:3
Skin status
Mobility limitations
Perfusion, circulation or oxygenation factors
Moisture
Body temperature
Nutrition limits
Sensory perception limits
Older age
Reduce the Prevalence of Pressure Injuries and Overall Cost of Care
Pressure injuries can be prevalent and costly.
Studies have shown that skin can be compromised in as little as 15 minutes after exposure to moisture.
47%
of patients became incontinent, of which, 45% had IAD during their hospital stay, according to one study of adult hospitalized patients.5
15 min.
Studies have shown that skin can be compromised in as little as 15 minutes after exposure to friction and moisture.4
How Can You Support Pressure Injury Prevention?
Surface selection is an integral component of pressure injury prevention and treatment strategies. Choosing the right surface for your patient that helps manage heat, moisture, pressure, shear and friction- the leading causes of pressure injuries.3
But, not all surfaces are created equally. That's why NPIAP developed the Support Surfaces Standards (S3I) initiative to help make better informed decisions when selecting the right surface for patients.
Explore the Impact of Pressure Injuries on your hospital
The right surface should help:
Remove Heat
Heat accumulation on the skin increases the risk of breakdown 14x more than 1mmHg increase in pressure.6
Minimize Migration
Minimizing migration in bed is critical to helping reduce shear, which can lead to hospital-acquired pressure injuries.8
For Better Pressure Injury Prevention, Rethink Your Surfaces
We offer a portfolio of innovative technology to deliver superior pressure and microclimate management for optimal healing and prevention – designed and validated using S3i testing standards.
Centrella Smart+ Bed
Designed to prevent many of the biggest challenges in med surg, including hospital-acquired pressure injuries, Centrella+ with ReadyConnect enables care teams to optimize their workflows, while keeping patient safety top of mind. Connect your beds to your hospital’s wifi network and send nurse calls, TV and audio alerts, bed alerts, and other bed generated data to nurse call without the use of a 37-pin connector cable. ReadyConnect has a smaller footprint and is UL1069 approved.
Keep a Watchful Eye
Keep your patients on the path to recovery with the right intelligence. Smart solutions for continuous monitoring of the heart and respiratory rates are designed to alert you when trends go outside of set thresholds. This can help detect a change in patient status when not on a traditional monitor and in-between vital sign checks.
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References
- Padula WV, Pronovost PJ, Makic MBF, Wald HL, Moran D, Mishra MK, Meltzer DO. Value of hospital resources for effective pressure injury prevention: a cost-effectiveness analysis. BMJ Qual Saf. 2019 Feb;28(2):132-141.
- McGinnis E, Briggs M, Collinson M, et al. Pressure ulcer related pain in community populations: a prevalence survey. BMC Nurs. 2014 Jun 21;13:16
- Chung, M.-L., et al. Risk Factors for Pressure Injuries in Adult Patients: A Narrative Synthesis. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19,761.
- Phipps, L, et al. Time of Onset to Changes in Skin Condition During Exposure to Synthetic Urine. Journal of Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing. 2019;46(4):315-320.
- Gray M, Giuliano KK. Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis, Characteristics and Relationship to Pressure Injury: A Multisite Epidemiologic Analysis. J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse. 2018 Jan/Feb;45(1):63-67.
- Zeevi T, et al. Effects of ambient conditions on the risk of pressure injuries in bedridden patients-multi-physics modelling of microclimate. Int Wound J. 2018 Jun;15(3):402-416. doi: 10.1111/iwj.12877. Epub 2017 Dec 17.
- National Clinical Guideline Centre (UK). The Prevention and Management of Pressure Ulcers in Primary and Secondary Care. London: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE); 2014 Apr. (NICE Clinical Guidelines, No. 179.
- Lustig M, Wiggermann N, Gefen A. How patient migration in bed affects the sacral soft tissue loading and thereby the risk for a hospital-acquired pressure injury. Int Wound J. 2020 Jun;17(3):631-640.
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