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BACKGROUND: Pressure injuries remain the most common hospital-acquired condition, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 are at especially high risk for pressure injuries, including those related to medical devices, because of their lower tissue tolerance, prolonged intubation, and common treatment with prone positioning. LOCAL PROBLEM: The COVID-19 pandemic brought an increased incidence of hospital-acquired pressure injury. A 350-bed hospital in St. Joseph, Missouri, recognized that an intervention to lower the risk of pressure injury for these patients was needed. METHODS: A quality improvement project was initiated to reduce the incidence of pressure injuries in patients with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit. A protocol was implemented for patients with COVID-19 undergoing prone positioning that included the use of dressing packets. The incidence of hospital-acquired pressure injury during the 1-year periods before and after implementation of the protocol were determined. RESULTS: Before implementation of the new protocol, 18 of 155 intensive care unit patients with COVID-19 who were placed in a prone position (11.6%) experienced a hospital-acquired pressure or medical device-related injury, compared with 3 of 111 patients (2.7%) after protocol implementation, a reduction of 76.7% (P = .008). CONCLUSIONS: The risk of hospital-acquired pressure injuries can be reduced with additional education and the use of appropriate products and protocols. All patients who undergo prone positioning, regardless of diagnosis, may benefit from implementation of a pressure injury prevention protocol that includes the use of dressing packets.
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COVID-19 , Úlcera por Presión , Humanos , Úlcera por Presión/etiología , Úlcera por Presión/prevención & control , Posición Prona , Pandemias , Unidades de Cuidados IntensivosRESUMEN
INTRODUCTION: A variety of NPWT products have become commercially available in the last 30 years. Utilizing advanced wound therapies appropriately can improve patient outcomes and decrease health care expenditures. Due to the increasing number of available product options, Hurd and colleagues published 10 Consensus Statements and a clinical decision tree to provide guidance on how and when to use NPWT and when to transition between device types. OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the applicability of the consensus panel's statements and the clinical decision tree, 2 clinicians in the United States and Canada explored the benefits of applying these recommendations into their routine wound management practice. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Case studies were collected and reviewed in accordance with the Consensus Statements and clinical decision tree. RESULTS: Case presentations illustrate the application of the consensus panel's guidance through the prescribing of the NPWT products utilized as standard of care within both facilities. CONCLUSION: Utilizing NPWT devices according to the consensus panel recommendations and the clinical decision tree may assist in optimizing care delivery to patients and address logistical and economic efficiencies.