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Randomized Control Trial Evaluating Optimal Patient Turning Procedures for Reducing Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Optimal Turning, Standard Care Practices, and 1 other intervention for Pressure Ulcer. Completed, enrolled 1,312 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The purpose of this study is to test whether optimal patient turning, strictly every 2 hours with at least 15 minutes of tissue decompression, reduces the occurrence of hospital acquired pressure ulcers.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Patients within this arm will receive optimal turning practices. Nurses caring for these patients will receive real-time quantitative measures of patient turning procedures from the User Dashboard and provide a visual advisory to the nurse for the time to next turn.
Patients within this arm will receive standard preventative care practices - that is, nurses will provide standard care as necessary, without the aid of visual advisories from a patient sensor.
A small sensor with adhesive backing is applied to the upper chest (midline) of the patient. Sensor tracks and records body movement and position, and displays this on a User Dashboard located on a computer at the bedside.