Medical device-related PIP: A Team Sport
11/07/23 • 19 min
Medical devices like feeding tubes, catheters, or oxygen delivery devices are often critical to the health of hospitalized patients. Despite their important benefits, the use of these devices can unfortunately also have negative effects: medical device-related pressure injuries, or MDRPIs. On this episode of The Pressure Effect, Host Dr. David Zabel talks to Chairman of the Board of Directors at the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists, Dr. Kelly McFee. They discuss how common MDRPIs are, some tips on how they can be prevented with a team effort, and much more. So press play on this helpful episode of The Pressure Effect, brought to you by Smith+Nephew.
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Medical devices like feeding tubes, catheters, or oxygen delivery devices are often critical to the health of hospitalized patients. Despite their important benefits, the use of these devices can unfortunately also have negative effects: medical device-related pressure injuries, or MDRPIs. On this episode of The Pressure Effect, Host Dr. David Zabel talks to Chairman of the Board of Directors at the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists, Dr. Kelly McFee. They discuss how common MDRPIs are, some tips on how they can be prevented with a team effort, and much more. So press play on this helpful episode of The Pressure Effect, brought to you by Smith+Nephew.
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Welcome to “The Pressure Effect,” from Smith+Nephew. In this episode, Dr. David Zabel is joined Dr. Lee Ruotsi, Medical Director at the Saratoga Hospital Center For Wound Healing And Hyperbaric Medicine In Saratoga Springs, NY to discuss how if you want to stop a patient from developing a hospital acquired pressure injury, it’s best to start preventative measures as early as possible. In their conversation they focus on the importance of getting patients at the door and explain how prevention starts in the emergency department. They also dive into why we all should pay attention to pressure injury prevention in the emergency department, what critical preventative work should take place in the ED, and much more. So press play and listen in to this insightful episode of The Pressure Effect, brought to you by Smith+Nephew.
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