Hope for hospital-acquired pressure injuries: Monitoring system significantly reduces incidence
A pragmatic, open-label, randomized controlled trial at two ICUs at Stanford Medical Center – specializing in the care of cardiothoracic surgery patients or critically ill, medical, surgical and trauma patients – saw significant reduction in hospital-acquired pressure injuries with implementation of the LEAF™ Patient Monitoring System.
Publication summary covers:
- Improvement in turn protocol adherence
- Reduction in incidence of pressure injuries
- Specifics on ventilator-dependent patients
The LEAF System combines wearable patient sensors with a user interface, offering:
- Personalized care for each patient
- Digital turn reminders (in room and at the nurses’ station)
- Confirmation that patient turns have sufficiently offloaded pressure
- Automatically generated reports that can be used for root cause analysis