The Challenge of Skin Breakdown

The Challenge of Skin Breakdown


Looking for solutions to manage perianal skin injury?
Use Flexi-Seal® FMS to reduce the risk of skin breakdown.

Fecal incontinence can create skin breakdown

  • Fecal incontinence causes moisture on the skin[bib2bib]
  • Digestive enzymes in feces can cause incontinence-associated dermatitis[bib3bib]
  • Bacteria comprise approximately 60% of dry fecal matter[bib4bib]

Skin breakdown may increase risk of infection

  • Hospitalized patients are most likely to develop a pressure ulcer in the sacral area[bib5bib]
  • The risk of contracting a nosocomial infection is greater for patients with pressure ulcers than for patients without pressure ulcers[bib6bib]

 

 

Flexi-Seal® Fecal Management System

Flexi-Seal® Fecal Management System is designed to:[bib13bib]

  • Safely and effectively divert fecal matter
  • Protect wounds from fecal contamination
  • Reduce skin breakdown
  • Reduce the spread of infection
  • Improve patient care
  • Save nursing time

Clinically Proven

  • 92% of patients had their skin condition improved or maintained in a clinical study (n=42)[bib13bib]
  • 83% to 90% of the reports caregivers stated reported Flexi-Seal® FMS improved fecal incontinence control, it was practical, caregiver and patient-friendly, time efficient, and efficacious.[bib13bib]

 



References [+]

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  2. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and Fiscal Year 2008 Rates: Final Rule, 72 Federal Register 62 (August 22, 2007), 47201-47206.
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  9. Meehan M. National pressure ulcer prevalence survey. Adv Wound Care. 1994;7(3):27-30, 34, 36-38.
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  11. Warren DK, Guth RM, Coopersmith CM et al. Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in a surgical intensive care unit. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006;27(10):1032-1040.
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  17. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Fact Sheet: Present on Admission (POA) Indicator Reporting by Acute Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Hospitals, available for download at: www.cms.hhs.gov/HospitalAcqCond/07_EducationalResources.asp (accessed February 13, 2008).
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