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Hospital mattresses play an indispensable role in patient care. These seemingly unremarkable pieces of equipment are vital to patient well-being during hospital stays.
LINET created PSI program to relief the pressure of hospital surface management teams.
072 %
Had Damage
047 %
Required New Cover
025 %
Needed Replacing
The damaged hospital mattress poses a risk for patients in these areas:
• Uneven pressure redistribution can cause pressure ulcers
• Infection from contaminated mattress
• Allergic reaction from unclean mattress
• Danger of fall from unstable or damaged mattress
• Costs of repairing can be higher than investing in preventive maintenance
• Risk of indirect costs and legal liabilities resulting from patient injuries
• Patients and nurses can report issues with mattresses to the media, risking the public image of the hospital
Damaged or contaminated mattresses can pose a compliance risk when it comes to regulatory standards.
✓ Proactive surface replacement plan to change mattresses at the end of their lifecycle.
✓ New mattress covers whenever the change is needed.
✓ Annual inspection of all the surfaces.
✓ Decrease the risks of patients contracting infections from mattresses.
✓ Regular maintenance of the hospital surfaces ensures equal pressure redistribution and other key mattress attributes.
✓ Professional assessment of all the surface at the start of the program to determine their replacement plan.
✓ Unique technology to find and monitor all the mattresses managed completely by LINET.
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