Skintegrity: Example Scenarios

Skintegrity

What solution is right for you? Let’s explore two mock scenarios at two different facilities (a nursing home and a hospital) as examples of how Skintegrity can help you, based your facility’s current needs.

Scenario 1: Incontinence at Nursing Home

Strengths: Leadership consistently supports and promotes principles of skin health.

Challenges: Moisture-Associated Skin Damage (MASD) results have not improved.

Result: MASD results improve due to standardization of care and better performance from specific team.

Skintegrity Solution

Facility institutes Skintegrity education to standardize care for incontinent patients. On-boarding courses ensure that new employees receive same training when they join.

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Facility implements evidence-based, bundled Contain and Absorb products including:

FitRight® Restore briefs coated with Remedy Skin Repair Cream to help protect skin integrity.
Medline Remedy® line of skin care products to help maintain the structure and integrity of already-compromised skin to avoid further damage.

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Facility works with Skintegrity’s team to monitor where lack of caregiver knowledge results in poor application to practice. Skintegrity pinpoints specific team underperforming on MASD education and recommends additional training for that team. Facility tracks underperforming team to assess benefits of additional training.

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Scenario 2: Mobility Issues at Hospital

Strengths: Hospital performing well on MASD and pressure ulcers.

Challenges: Facility lacks correct product mix to help caregivers properly move and position immobile patients, resulting in unacceptably high rates of tissue injuries.

Result: Skin injury rate improves once facility addresses communication issues and standardizes care.

Skintegrity Solution

Facility provides caregivers and mid-level managers training through Skintegrity that helps them learn how to use new products.

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Facility introduces products that work together to deter tissue injuries, including:

Medline Equalizaire 4000 Mattress with a firm perimeter that keeps patients centered and aids in ingress and egress.
Medline Active® nutritional liquid protein supplements help ensure proper protein intake to prevent malnutrition.
Medline’s Comfort Glide® repositioning sheet helps caregivers protect patients and themselves when repositioning patients.

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Tissue injury remains a problem after changes, but no specific unit or individual is responsible according to Skintegrity analysis. Rather, underperformance reflects lack of standardization and poor communication facility-wide. Hospital engages in education to improve communication, teamwork.

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