Tools to Help Prevent Bed Sores

About 95% of all bed sores are preventable with time, attention to detail and the right products —all of which are very simple and inexpensive.

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• Keep blood flowing to the bony areas by minimizing pressure on them. Use pillows, sheepskin and foam supports to cushion these areas.
  

• Help your loved one reposition at least every 90 minutes, ideally every hour. Use pillows or foam wedges to help maintain a side-lying position.
  

• Wick away moisture with medical sheepskin pads, barrier cream or cornstarch powder (no other kind, not even baby powder).
  

• If, despite your best efforts, your loved one still develops a bed sore, request an alternating pressure cell mattress. If the hospital fails to provide one, supply it yourself. At all costs, prevent a Stage 1 ulcer from getting any worse.

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• What’s the Harm in Health Care?

  It's a fact: 1-in-3 hospital patients is accidentally harmed every year in U.S. hospitals.

  
  

  300,000 patients die by accident too -- equal to 3 jets crashing every single day of the year.

  
  

  We have smart, caring nurses and doctors -- but hospital care is complex. Resources are strained. And everyone suffers when patients are harmed.

• The solution? Simple Checklists!

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