Regulatory Compliance for Long Term Care
OUR SOLUTIONS® PROGRAM(S)
ConvaTec provides educational resources and evidence-based protocols, which help to navigate toward survey readiness and reduce liability.
- Solutions® Algorithms for Skin and Wound Care Program provides you with a series of standardized, content-validated guidelines1 that can positively influence treatment and have been shown to reduce overall costs by yielding positive clinical outcomes.2
- Helps prevent conditions related to avoidable pressure ulcers
- Provides evidence-based guidelines to reduce the incidence of pressure ulcers
- Helps staff match products to wound characteristics
- Provides strategies to manage risk factors, including preventing skin irritation and breakdown related to incontinence
- Products designed to optimize quality of care and help you achieve regulatory compliance.
- Evidence-based education and tools to help plot the right course to optimal risk assessment and consistent documentation.
- ConvaTec Solutions® Program(s) for Pressure Ulcer Prevention teaches your staff how to reduce the incidence of pressure ulcers and incontinence-related skin breakdown. Specific modules for certified nursing assistants (CNAs) and clinicians provide tools, resources, product training, and evidence-based education.
- F-tag in-service presentations train personnel on use of products for optimizing skin integrity to meet federal guidelines.
- Comprehensive wound assessment and documentation training
- Peer-reviewed papers and other clinical support provide the evidence behind the programs.2,3
References [+]
- Beitz JM, van Rijswijk L. Using wound care algorithms: a content validation study. J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs. 1999;26(5):238-249.
- Bolton L, McNees P, van Rijswijk L, et al. Wound-healing outcomes using standardized assessment and care in clinical practice. JWound Ostomy Continence Nurs. 2004;31(2):65-71.
- Lyder CH, Shannon R, Empleo-Frazier O, McGeHee D,White C. A comprehensive program to prevent pressure ulcers in long-term care: exploring costs and outcomes. Ostomy Wound Manage. 2002;48(4)52-62.