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Clinical Study of Comfort Release® Sacral Foam Dressings by Long-Term Care Nurses

OBJECTIVES

  • Sacral border foam dressings with the ability to remain in place as long as prescribed
  • Optimizing nurses’ time management with ease of sacral border foam dressings
  • Measuring patient pain and skin erythema from the removal of sacral border foam dressings
  • Prevention of additional sacral pressure injuries

OVERVIEW

Sacral Foam Dressings must “stay in place” over the peri-wound skin to provide mechanical and biological protection to the sacral skin during wound prevention and treatment. The dressing should also allow for easy, atraumatic, painless, and convenient removal.

Clinicians applied, removed and evaluated the Comfort Release® Sacral Border Foam Dressing on incontinent, long-term care patients aged 62-88. Patients with sacral pressure injuries and patients without pressure injuries (prophtlaxis) participated in the study. 47 dressing changes took place during the initial study period.

GB116 Sacral Foam Dressing on Mannequin

For Demonstration Purposes Only – Comfort Release® Sacral Foam Dressing on Mannequin

FINDINGS

Easy Application & Removal
Nurses Said Comfort Release® Sacral Border Foam Dressings were easy to apply and remove

100% Agreed
0% Disagreed

Remained in Place
Nurses Said Comfort Release® Sacral Border Foam Dressings remained in place for the prescribed length of time (up to 3 days)

94% Agreed
6% Disagreed

No Erythema
Long Term Care Patients had no erythema upon Comfort Release® dressing removal (Draize Erythema Scale)

96% Agreed
4% Disagreed

Painless Removal
Dressing Removals from geriatric skin was painless (Wong-Baker Faces Pain Scale)

94% Agreed
6% Disagreed

Cost Comparison
Number of Dressings per patient per week and cost in USD

GB116 – $5.86 / Cost per Dressing
Optifoam Gentle (SOC) – $18.00 / Cost per Dressing
GB116 – $11.72 / Cost per Dressings at 2x a week
Optifoam Gentle (SOC) – $36.00 / Cost per Dressings at 2x a week
GB116 – $17.58 / Cost per Dressings at 3x a week
Optifoam Gentle (SOC) – $54.00 / Cost per Dressings at 3x a week

CONCLUSION

  • Secure: Remains in place as prescribed
  • Time savings: Easy to apply and remove
  • Gentle Removal: Painless and trauma free removal from frail, elderly, and sensitive skin.
  • Protection: Aids in the prevention of new and worsening sacral injuries
  • Cost Benefits: > 60% less than other sacral dressings

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