Pressure Ulcer (Bed Sore) Management System
…A Feature of Dalcon Alert!
Stage 3 and 4 Pressure Ulcers are listed as a Never Event by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS defines never events as, “errors in medical care that are clearly identifiable, preventable, and serious in their consequences for patients, and that indicate a real problem in the safety and credibility of a health care facility.”
Since June 2008, when CMS directed that they would refuse to reimburse hospitals for a list of identified never events, limiting never events due to dangerous pressure ulcers has been an even higher priority for all federally funded hospitals.
Preventing Pressure Ulcers with Dalcon Alert!
Preventing pressure ulcers is a difficult process that requires constant staff dedication. The most effective technique caregiver’s use to prevent and treat pressure ulcers is to relieve pressure by frequently turning the position of high-risk patients.
Without an automatic system, it is easy for caregivers, operating on multiple shifts, to accidently neglect the “bed turn” process, which so successfully prevents pressure ulcers. Dalcon Alert!’s pressure ulcer management system is designed to automatically track and schedule patient bed turning.
Please Note: Once installed, the Dalcon Alert! System also helps staff manage other types of alerts such as fall monitors and IV pump alarms.
How the Dalcon Alert! Pressure Ulcer Management System Works
- First, the Pressure Ulcer Management System is activated on the Dalcon Alert! Remote Alert Monitor (RAM), at the at-risk patient’s bedside.
- Once activated, the RAM automatically generates “bed turn” alerts at a set interval as dictated by facility administration.
- Each time a “bed turn” alert is created, that alert is passed from the RAM to the Dalcon Alert! DCM Server.
- Identical to the way Dalcon Alert! manages all alerts, The DCM Server then distributes that “bed turn” alert to large display monitors in the nursing station areas and wireless phones, via text message, carried by caregiving staff.
- After a caregiver attends to turning the patient, he/she presses the cancel button on the RAM, the “bed turn” timer is reset to 0 to begin counting to the next turn time, and the current alert is removed from the Alert Management software system.
Please Note: Although Dalcon Alert! contains the technology for caregivers to receive alerts via wireless phones, the pressure ulcer management system does not require such phones. If desired, hospitals can implement Dalcon Alert!’s Alert Management software & Pressure Ulcer Management System as a standalone system. This standalone system can be used as a tool to create and manage “bed turn” alerts using displays at nursing stations, and provide reminders to caregivers using current hospital communications.
Because Dalcon Alert!’s Pressure Ulcer Management System helps nurses pro-actively prevent pressure ulcer negligence, the occurrence of dangerous pressure ulcers in at risk patients is significantly reduced.
Learn More About Dalcon Alert!‘s Pressure Ulcer Management System
To learn more about Dalcon Alert!‘s Pressure Ulcer Management System, and how it can limit the prevalence of Never Events due to pressure ulcers, please call (877) WE-UNIFY (938-6439) or click here to submit a question online.
