Macartney, 2018 Use of a sacral and heel prophylactic dressings and fluidized heel boot resulted in a 90% reduction in HAPI and HAPI treatment costs in ICU patients. #Evidence #Pressure-Injury-Prevention ...
Castonguay, 2018 An effective turning and positioning system, education and empowered nurses reduce HAPI in critical care. #Evidence #Pressure-Injury-Prevention #Turning-Positioning #Critical-Care ...
Cooper, 2017 This facility increased their focus on shear to reduce HAPI with a prophylactic dressing and a non-powered reactive support surface positioning system (NRSSPS) with fluidized positioner ...
Bender, 2017 Hosptial-acquired pressure injuries (HAPI) incidence in the ED was reduced with a preventive sacral dressing. Stage 1 HAPI resolved with treatment utilizing that same dressing after admission. ...
Wagner, 2016 At Temple University, prophylactic dressing application to the sacrum and heels of all cardiac surgery patients decreased HAPI. Extending application to the perioperative period and throughout ...
Donovan, 2016 A zero incidence rate for HAPI and Respiratory MDRPI in 2 ICUs resulted from application of prophylactic dressings to the sacrum, heels and under respiratory medical devices, in combination ...
Thul, 2015 Prophylactic sacral dressing application resulted in over a 56% HAPI incidence reduction in trauma patients in the first year of implementation. #Evidence #Pressure-Injury-Prevention ...
Santamaria II, 2015 RCT: No HAPU developed with use of the prophylactic heel dressing as compared to the 19 HAPI that developed in the 14 patients who received standard of care. #Evidence #Pressure-Injury-Prevention ...
Santamaria I, 2013 RCT: This study resulted in a 10% lower HAPI incidence rate in trauma and ICU patients who received the prophylactic sacral and heel dressings over patients who received standard of ...
Ruben, 2013 Post-op tracheostomy pressure injuries and yeast dermatitis were reduced with the application of a fenestrated silver foam dressing between the trach ties and the skin. #Evidence #Pressure-Injury-Prevention ...