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Reducing Threats to Skin Integrity
Protocol Utilization Tool
Does your facility have a patient bathing protocol? Do you know how well your facility's patient bathing protocol is working? How committed is your staff to your patient bathing protocol? Is your patient bathing product being used properly? A study published in the American Journal of Critical Care found Comfort Bath^® to be ideally suited for bathing bedridden patients.¹ While full-body cleansing is important, so is moisturizing^2-4 and completing a full skin inspection.^5-7 Comfort Bath is uniquely equipped to help you with all of these requirements. To assess the impact of Comfort Personal Cleansing^® based on your facility's bathing protocol, log in below. You will need the following information: 1) Number of Comfort Personal Cleansing baths your hospital/unit uses per month 2) Number of hospital or unit beds 3) Average census as a percentage of total hospital/unit beds 4) Average percentage of bedridden patients Click here to view a sample Protocol Analysis report.
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1. Larson El, et al., Am J Crit Care. May 2004;13(3):235-41. 2. Bryant RA, Rolstad BS, Ost/Wound Mgmt. June 2001;47(6):18-27. 3. Kron-Chalupa J, et al., “The basinless bath: a study on skin dryness and patient satisfaction,” Iowa City VA Medical Center. 4. Spencer C, Taking Care: A Guide for Nursing Assistants. 2nd ed., Nursing Assistant Training Institute, Shoreline WA, 1999:148-9. 5. Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN), Guideline for prevention and management of pressure ulcers. Glenview IL, WOCN; 2003, Clin Practice Guideline No. 2. 6. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ – formerly AHCPR), Pressure ulcers in adults: prediction and prevention. Rockville MD: US Dept Health & Human Svcs, Public Health Svc, AHCPR; 1992 (reviewed 2000), Clin Practice Guideline No. 3. 7. National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP), Pressure Ulcer Prevention Points. Reston VA, 1993.

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