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 The hygienic and cost effective alternative to soap and water1 now promotes daily skin inspection
Comfort Bath® rinse-free, disposable washcloths have been the hygienic standard since 1996, delivering one-step cleansing and moisturizing to patients. Now, you get even more.
 Now all Comfort Bath products feature Skin Check™, a powerful way to promote daily skin inspection and increase communication among caregivers. Comfort Bath with Skin Check provides a simple and low-cost way to help meet the IHI's Five Million Lives Campaign’s recommendation for daily skin inspection.2 Also, starting in October 2008, CMS will no longer pay to treat pressure ulcers that were not documented as present on admission.3 Skin Check means you can target any potential skin breakdown before pressure ulcers develop.
The peel-and-stick Skin Check labels allow the caregiver to indicate which part of the body needs to be checked for potential skin problems. It empowers non-licensed staff to observe and communicate any skin issues to a patient's nurse, helping facilities meet JCAHO's recommendation to "improve the effectiveness of communication among caregivers."4
Skin Check compliments nurses' full assessment and facilitates compliance to reporting protocols. Plus, studies show Skin Check is effective. One recent study shows it can reduce pressure ulcers by 67%!5
Three levels of product means there’s a Comfort Bath that's right for every budget. With over 70% of the market, Comfort Bath products are trusted by more hospitals than all other prepackaged bath products combined.6
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1. Larson EL, et al., Am J Crit Care. May 2004;13(3):235-41.
2. Getting started kit: prevent pressure ulcers: how-to guide. Protecting 5 million lives from harm campaign, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), 2006.
3. Federal Register, Vol. 72 No.162, 2007 Aug: 47201-47205.
4. 2007 Hospital/Critical Access Hospital National Patient Safety Goals. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), 2007.
5. Bayerl K, Boushley G, Effective utilization of nurse assistants for skin inspection and rapid response resulting in improved staff communication and patient outcomes. Poster presented at IHI’s National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, Orlando, FL., Dec 2006.
6. Healthcare Products Information Services (HPIS), Hospital Market Trend Report, 1st Quarter, 2006.
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