Designed for treatment, optimised to prevent
– same dressing for both treatment and prevention
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A common problem, with one proven solution.
Mepilex® Border Sacrum and Mepilex® Border Heel
Designed for treatment, optimised to prevent
The sacral and heel areas are the two most common places where pressure injuries occur and require active monitoring and management
- One dressing for both treatment and prevention.
- For nurses, Mepilex® Border Sacrum and Mepilex® Border Heel offer a simple, effective and gentle way to manage pressure injuries.
- Dressings with Safetac® technology reduce pain and risk of skin damage for patients at dressing removal
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Pressure injuries are a pain.
Pressure injuries are painful and embarrassing for patients, affecting their independence and quality of life
Today we face approximately 58 million pressure injuries
Individuals with pressure injuries have a 4.5x greater risk of death than persons with the same risk factors but without pressure injuries
EDUCATION
Mölnlycke Advantage
Pressure injuries – still a global crisis!
Pressure injuries continue to present substantial clinical challenges to health care professionals and economic burden on health care providers. They also have a huge impact on the quality of life of patients and their care givers. Mölnlycke invites you to join this short webinar with key thought leaders, Dot Weir and Dr. Lee Ruotsi, offering insights into how pressure injuries continue to affect clinicians and patients every day. Thursday 17 November 2022, 6:00PM CET Join the webinar
EVENTS
Hard-to-heal pressure injuries
What do you do if a pressure injury stops healing as expected? What factors influence wound complexity and hinder healing progress? Dr Paulo Alves shares his knowledge and experience in this webinar. Thursday, 30 September 2021, 13:00 PM BST Join the webinar
EVENTS
Managing the burden of device related pressure injuries in vulnerable patients
Patients, particularly vulnerable ones, are at a greater risk than ever of developing device-related pressure injuries. The current healthcare crisis has exacerbated risk, and made prevention strategies a top priority, even as healthcare providers’ attention is pulled elsewhere. Tuesday 30 March 11:00 AM BST Join the webinar
PI prevention in prone positioned patients: driving and implementing system-wide changes to improve outcomes
Public health emergencies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, create the need for urgent evidence-based interventions to prevent negative patient outcomes such as pressure ulcers. Hear how global experts in PU prevention manage changes in clinical practice through system-wide adoption of best practice, to help protect prone positioned patients. Watch on-demand
PI prevention, trends and lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an increasing number of patients are being admitted to ICU/CCU and cared for in a prone position for extended periods to aid mechanical ventilation. How can clinicians manage the increased risk of patients developing pressure ulcers as a result of prone positioning? Available now. Watch on-demand
Hard to heal Pressure Ulcers
In this webinar, Dr Paulo Alves will share his knowledge and experience within this area with emphasis on why debridement and exudate management is so important. Watch on-demand
Managing the burden of hospital acquired medical device related pressure ulcers
Due to the current global health care crisis, more patients are being admitted to hospital intensive care units where they can come in to contact with a vast number of different medical devices. Skin and tissue damage associated with these devices can take a long time to treat and may result in permanent scarring. Watch on-demand
How can you prevent pressure injuries in the OR, and why is prevention important?
Learn from experts’ real-life experience and evidence-based practice in pressure injury prevention. Join Diane Kimsey as she shares her process improvement plans for decreasing pressure injuries in acute and ambulatory OR settings. Watch on-demand
Leading the way in prevention
Despite the existence of prevention protocols, pressure ulcers are still one of the most common hospital-acquired conditions
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