Peri Check™ Guide
 Comfort Shield® Barrier Cloths with Peri-Check™ Guide facilitate daily skin inspection with our exclusive peel-and-stick labels. They empower staff to observe and report any skin issues to the patient's nurse and promote rapid response with follow-up interventions through early identification of skin breakdown and incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD), a known risk factor for pressure ulcers.
CMS Getting Tough
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) no longer reimburses facilities for certain conditions not present on admission (POA). This includes pressure ulcers.1 Peri Check promotes early identification of IAD and other skin breakdown which can lead to pressure ulcers, helping your facility meet this important patient safety initiative.
Address IHI's Five Million Lives Campaign Recommendations
To prevent pressure ulcers, the IHI's Five Million Lives Campaign recommends facilities "reassess risk for all patients daily" and "inspect skin daily."2 Peri Check labels empower staff to check skin, document any potential skin issues and report them immediately.
Address the Joint Commision's National Patient Safety Goals
The Joint Commision requires "a standardized approach to 'hand off' communications, including an opportunity to ask and respond to questions."3 Peri Check™ provides a simple, easy-to-use communication tool for all levels of staff.
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IHI FIVE MILLION LIVES CAMPAIGN2 PREVENT PRESSURE ULCERS
2. Reassess Risk for All Patients Daily
"Adapt documentation tools to prompt daily risk assessment, documentation of findings, and initiation of prevention strategies as needed."
3. Inspect Skin Daily
"Educate all levels of staff to inspect the skin any time they are assisting the patient... upon recognition of any change in skin integrity, notify staff so appropriate
interventions can be put in place."
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