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White Papers

New Pressure Injury Prevention Guideline Offers Sweeping Recommendations to Protect Patients


Technical Description: Comprehensive Technical Details of the Leaf Patient Monitoring System

A detailed technical review of the Leaf System


Technical Overview of the LEAF Patient Monitoring System

A high level technical review of a new wireless monitoring system


The Role of Manual Patient Turning in Preventing Hospital Acquired Conditions

Susan M. Kennerly, Ph.D., RN, WCC and Tracey L. Yap, Ph.D., RN, WCC, FAAN


New Technology Significantly Reduces Rates of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries

An Analysis of Data Collected from Over 10,000 Patients



References

  1. National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel, European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel, Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance. Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers: Quick Reference Guide. Haesler E, ed. Osborne Park, Australia. Cambridge Media; 2014. https://www.npuap.org/ wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Updated-10-16-14-Quick-Reference-Guide-DIGITAL-NPUAP-EPUAP-PPPIA-16Oct2014.pdf. Accessed February 1, 2018.
  2. Pickham D, Berte N, Pihulic M, Valdez A, Barbara M, Desai M. Effect of a wearable patient sensor on care delivery for preventing pressure injuries in acutely ill adults: A pragmatic randomized clinical trial (LS-HAPI study). Int J Nurs Stud. 2018; 80, 12-19.
  3. AHRQ National Scorecard on Hospital-Acquired Conditions Updated Baseline Rates and Preliminary Results 2014–2017.
  4. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality website. Preventing pressure ulcers in hospitals: a toolkit for improving quality of care. https://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/hospital/pressureulcertoolkit/putool1.html. Updated October 2014. Accessed February 1, 2018.
  5. Wassel CL, Delhougne G, Gayle JA, Dreyfus J, Larson B. Risk of readmissions, mortality, and hospital-acquired conditions across hospital-acquired pressure injury (HAPI) stages in a US National Hospital Discharge database. Int Wound J. 2020;1–11. https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.13482
  6. Meacham K, Kraft K, Taylor D. Nursing attitudes towards patient repositioning before and after wearable technology implementation. Poster presented at: The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Biennial Conference; March 10 – March 11, 2017; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
  7. Walters B, Spitzer A. Reducing Pressure Injuries in Critical Care Using Wearable Sensor Technology. Poster presented at: Symposium on Advance Woundcare; October 7 – October 9, 2016; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
  8. Larson B, Pihulic M, Luu N, Cooley A. Impact of turn compliance on probability of hospital-acquired pressure injuries: A multi-center analysis. Poster presented at: The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Biennial Conference; March 10 – March 11, 2017; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
  9. Larson B et al. Development and Validation of the Integrated Positioning Index™ for Pressure Injury Prevention Leaf Healthcare. Presented at: National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel Annual Conference; 2017; Pleasanton, CA.
  10. Schutt SC, Tarver C, Pezzani M. Pilot study: Assessing the effect of continual position monitoring technology on compliance with patient turning protocols. Nursing Open. 2018;5:21–28.
  11. Nherera L, Cooley A, Delhougne G. Meta-analysis Shows Patient Wearable Sensor Reduces Incidence of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries in Critically Ill Patients. Presented at: Symposium on Advanced Wound Care; Fall 2019.
  12. Krishnagopalan S, Johnson EW, Low LL, et al. Body positioning of intensive care patients: clinical practice versus standards. Crit Care Med. 2002;301(11):2588-92.
  13. Pickham D, Ballew B, Ebong K, Shinn J, Lough ME, Mayer, B. (2016). Evaluating optimal patient-turning procedures for reducing hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (LS-HAPU): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 17(190). doi 10.1186/s13063-016-1313-5.
  14. Vollman K. Hemodynamic Instability: Is It Really a Barrier to Turning Critically Ill Patients? Critical Care Nurse 2014(32);1:70-75
  15. Morris P. et al. Early Intensive Care Unit Mobility Therapy in Treatment of Acute Respiratory Failure. Crit Care Med 2008 Vol. 36, No. 8
  16. Mulkey M. et al. Clinical Outcomes of Patient Mobility in a Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 2014(46);3:153-161
  17. Kibler VA, Johnson DE, Anderson W, Just SL, Wells NL. Early postoperative ambulation: back to basics. Am J Nurs. 2012;112(4):63-69.
  18. Hermans and Van den Berghe. Clinical review: intensive care unit acquired weakness. Critical Care (2015) 19:274
  19. Pickham D, Pihulic M, Valdez A, Mayer B, Duhon P, Larson B. Pressure injury prevention practices in the ICU: Real world data captured by wearable patient sensors. Wounds. 2018 Aug;30(8):229-234.
  20. Smith+Nephew. Leveraging novel technology to decrease hospital-acquired pressure injuries. Paper presented at: AONL Sunrise Symposia; 2020; Chicago, USA.
  21. Walters B, Jamison K, Zafer D, Sanders T. Transforming Pressure Ulcer Prevention in the ICU with Patient Wearable Technology and Nursing Leadership. Presented at the Texas Organization of Nurse Executives. February 2016.
  22. Parker C, et al. Strive Towards Calnoc Excellence: Adopting Innovation to Improve Bedside Nursing Care. Kaiser Permanente, Redwood City, CA.

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