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Presented by Hillrom

Join us to hear about how one medical institution utilized new incontinence detection technology to help change patient outcomes in the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Last December, Baystate Medical Center a 716-bed independent academic medical center in Springfield, Mass was looking for ways to improve patient care and increase caregiver effectiveness during an unprecedented time. They were worried about increased incidences of hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) knowing that in many cases, HAPIs are preceded by patients’ prolonged exposure to moisture caused by incontinence and the pandemic has further exacerbated this threat because:

1. COVID-19 patients typically have characteristics and conditions (old age, immobility, comorbidities and low skin integrity) that increase their vulnerability to pressure injuries
2. COVID-19 safety protocols limit how often nurses can check patients for incontinence

This lead them to implement the use of a technology that alerts caregivers to the presence of incontinence – the WatchCare® Incontinence Management system available on their Centrella® Smart+ MedSurg beds from Hillrom. Through implementing this technology, Baystate was able to have ‘eyes’ on patients behind closed doors knowing they’d be alerted to the earliest presence of moisture. This allowed them to address incontinence events sooner – reducing the patients exposure time to incontinence.

Learn more during the session about how the use of this technology changed outcomes, improved caregivers effectiveness and helped Baystate provide compassionate care in an otherwise trying time.