The Effectiveness of Silicone Foam Dressings in Preventing Pressure Ulcers

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Critical Care Nursing | Geriatric Nursing

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Background: In hospitals worldwide, 12% of patients develop pressure ulcers, a severe form of skin lesions caused by prolonged mechanical deformation of tissue, equating to about $11.6 billion in healthcare costs annually, which has a devastating impact on. A factor that contributes to these statistics is immobility in adult hospitalized patients.

Purpose: To analyze and synthesize evidence from published studies on the effectiveness of silicone foam dressings in preventing pressure ulcers, as opposed to standard practices such as hourly repositioning.

Methods: An extensive search of databases such as BioMed Central, ProQuest Health and Medical Collection, CINAHL, and Science Direct for published studies using relevant keywords, such as pressure ulcer, bed sores, skin breakdown, prevention, hospital-associated pressure injuries (HAPIs), silicone foam dressings, and hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). We retrieved and reviewed only studies that were published between 2015-2022 in English peer-reviewed journals and focused on the use of silicone foam dressings on hospitalized immobile adult patients. We compared the data to see if the silicone foam dressing made any impact on the development of pressure ulcers.

Results: The search process yielded eight quantitative, three mixed methods, and one qualitative study. The majority of the reviewed studies’ findings suggest that silicone foam dressings were effective at reducing the development of pressure sores among bedridden adult patients. The results further showed that using silicone foam dressings in addition to the current standard of preventive care produces the best results in mitigating pressure ulcers.

Conclusion: It is essential for the use of silicone foam dressings to be implemented into the standard of care for adult bedridden patients. Including the use of silicone foam dressings in the prevention of pressure ulcer development could reduce the financial burden of hospital systems by decreasing the probability of patients developing HAPIs, thus decreasing the patient’s length of hospital stay.

Academic department under which the project should be listed

Wellstar School of Nursing

Primary Investigator (PI) Name

Dr. Modupe Adewuyi

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The Effectiveness of Silicone Foam Dressings in Preventing Pressure Ulcers

Background: In hospitals worldwide, 12% of patients develop pressure ulcers, a severe form of skin lesions caused by prolonged mechanical deformation of tissue, equating to about $11.6 billion in healthcare costs annually, which has a devastating impact on. A factor that contributes to these statistics is immobility in adult hospitalized patients.

Purpose: To analyze and synthesize evidence from published studies on the effectiveness of silicone foam dressings in preventing pressure ulcers, as opposed to standard practices such as hourly repositioning.

Methods: An extensive search of databases such as BioMed Central, ProQuest Health and Medical Collection, CINAHL, and Science Direct for published studies using relevant keywords, such as pressure ulcer, bed sores, skin breakdown, prevention, hospital-associated pressure injuries (HAPIs), silicone foam dressings, and hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). We retrieved and reviewed only studies that were published between 2015-2022 in English peer-reviewed journals and focused on the use of silicone foam dressings on hospitalized immobile adult patients. We compared the data to see if the silicone foam dressing made any impact on the development of pressure ulcers.

Results: The search process yielded eight quantitative, three mixed methods, and one qualitative study. The majority of the reviewed studies’ findings suggest that silicone foam dressings were effective at reducing the development of pressure sores among bedridden adult patients. The results further showed that using silicone foam dressings in addition to the current standard of preventive care produces the best results in mitigating pressure ulcers.

Conclusion: It is essential for the use of silicone foam dressings to be implemented into the standard of care for adult bedridden patients. Including the use of silicone foam dressings in the prevention of pressure ulcer development could reduce the financial burden of hospital systems by decreasing the probability of patients developing HAPIs, thus decreasing the patient’s length of hospital stay.