Silicone adhesive multilayer foam dressings for preventing facial pressure injuries in COVID-19 patients in prone position | Zendy

P. Otto | Zendy; Tobias Großkreutz | Zendy; Stefan Köberich | Zendy

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Silicone adhesive multilayer foam dressings for preventing facial pressure injuries in COVID-19 patients in prone position

Author(s) -

P. Otto,

Tobias Großkreutz,

Stefan Köberich

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

journal of the intensive care society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2057-360X

pISSN - 1751-1437

DOI - 10.1177/17511437221079122

Subject(s) - silicone , forehead , medicine , adhesive , prone position , covid-19 , chin , seal (emblem) , dentistry , surgery , materials science , composite material , disease , layer (electronics) , art , visual arts , infectious disease (medical specialty) , anatomy

The development of facial pressure injury (PI) during prone position is frequently described. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of patients with facial PIs increased. This quality improvement project describes the effectiveness of using silicone adhesive multilayer foams for preventing facial PIs in COVID-19 patients in need of prone position therapy. After introduction of foam dressing on chin and forehead to the standard protocol procedures for PI prevention, the decrease in number of patients developing facial PIs was statistically significant. Based on these results, the use of silicone adhesive multilayer foam will be implemented as a standard procedure for facial PIs prevention.

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