INFECTION PREVENTION


Pandemic elevates concerns for skin, wound care


by Ebony Smith


prone to irritation dryness eposure to potentially deadly microorganisms as well as the development of possibly fatal pressure, amputation and other injuries. dditionally COD- poses uniue patient health conditions and healthcare worker skin challenges.


C Hospital and healthcare teams aim to


provide specialized care, attention and products to treat wounds, cleanse skin, aid healing and prevent cross-contamination infections and inuries. This care can improve patient comfort saves patient lives and support facility costs. “acilities are losing millions of dollars


per year due to hospital- acuired pressure inu- ries. CS deemed this one of its never events in ” stated my ray  S CS ound Care Clinical Leader ational Clinical ssity HMS North America Inc. “ost acute care facilities have skin integ- rity committees to ensure that processes are in place and protocols are followed to minimize occurrence.”


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aring for patient wounds and skin is critical. Skin and wounds need to be carefully treated as they are


Surgical site protection Surgical incisions and other wounds reuire adeuate barrier to benefi t safety and healing, points out Melanie Waddell, ice resident arketing entrotech life sciences, inc. “ts important that any wounds specifi -


cally post-surgical wounds are protected to help prevent infections from occurring at the site,” Waddell emphasized. “Surgical site infections are very costly to hospitals and healthcare facilities and have consid-


erable negative impacts to the patient. In addition any products used to help protect that site should also support the wound healing process.” ntimicrobial dressings like revahe-


 can be applied to help protect the sur- gical incision site, assist in wound healing and reduce infection risk. “ vascular surgeon in Ohio has been using revaheC


C as a post-operative


dressing for vascular patients” she added. “He uses this dressing on his patients because of the Chlorheidine antimicrobial component of this dressing to decrease the skin  ora in the incisional area as the inci- sion is commencing the healing process. In addition there has not been any report of skin irritation infection or reection from any of the patients and there has been overall acceptance of using this technology from the surgical and nursing staff.” CL dressings are another type


of antimicrobial dressing that helps secure the incision site support wound heal- ing and kill bacteria, addresses Julia M. ian  S D COC ssociate Director Clinical arket Development ConvaTec nc. “ConvaTecs CL dressings with ydrofi ber Technology provide advanced eudate management: they wick and lock


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