Areas of potential use for HiCare™ Bath: (use is ‘patient specific’ and a management call)
| User unit |
8's |
4's |
| ICU |
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| CCU |
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| Oncology (no metals in products) |
• |
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| Orthopaedics |
• |
• |
| Spinal |
• |
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| Renal |
• |
• |
| Neuro |
• |
• |
| Palliative Care/Nursing Home |
• |
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| Obstetrics (c-sections) |
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• |
| Emergency department |
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Surgical and medical units
(step down – post op washes) |
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NB: It is a clinicians call as to which patients would require HiCare™ Bath in any given Unit.
| Conservative cost of a sponge bath in Australian Hospitals: |
$16.61 (national average)* |
| Cost for a full bath using HiCare™ Bath 8’s (incl labour): |
$6.45 (national average)* |
| Conservative cost savings using HiCare™ Bath: |
61% |
| Conservative time savings using HiCare™ Bath: |
48% |
*We can provide a cost benefit analysis template for you to complete and make a comparison to the sponge bath - available upon request. Cost savings are based on the carton wholesale price for the 8 cloth pack
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Other potential outcomes in Hospitals could include:
- Reduced manual handling risks (patients and nurses)
- Improvements in patient comfort and care
- Improvements in skin integrity (if this is a pre-existing condition) – possible reductions in infection
- Significant improvement in the utilisation of ‘high demand’ high dependency nurse labour – better return in overall high dependency care outcomes for the same funding.
- Reductions in valuable water consumption (bathing and laundry)
- Reductions in some casemix outcomes.
- Better preparation of patients for discharge.
- Improvements in palliative care hygiene delivery.
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