3M Critical & Chronic Care Solutions Division and the WOCN Society today
announced that Lourdes Specialty Hospital in Burlington County, NJ, has
received the 3M Award for Excellence in Skin Safety.
Lourdes Specialty Hospital is a 69-bed Long Term Acute Care Hospital
designed to provide intensive care to patients who have ventilator
dependency, medically complex conditions such as extensive non-healing
wounds, infections, system failure, and surgical complications. The
facility’s wound care program was selected for its mission to ensure
prevention of new wounds. The program is executed by such activities as
outstanding wound monitoring, tracking and reporting methods,
comprehensive staff training and extensive patient education. In
addition, each patient has an individualized plan of care.
In its third year, 3M sponsored the competitive award to promote and
recognize health care facilities and their WOCN Society members who have
implemented a patient care regimen designed to prevent skin injuries and
improve skin integrity. The winning team received financial support
through an unrestricted educational grant to attend the annual WOCN
conference in Nashville. Previous recipients of the award are Rochester,
N.Y.-based Strong Memorial Hospital and Tucson, Ariz.-based Northwest
Medical Center.
To compete for the award, facilities were invited by the WOCN to submit
summaries of skin care programs that have achieved measurable and
sustained results in the area of skin integrity. The programs also had
to demonstrate best-in-class prevention protocols; comprehension,
accessibility and user-friendliness of product formulary;
interdisciplinary participation; senior leadership engagement and
front-line autonomy; and creative and effective staff and patient
education. A panel of WOCN members selected by the WOCN Society judged
entries.
Bill Cruise, vice president and general manager, for 3M Critical &
Chronic Care Solutions Division, presented the award to Dr. Gregory
Mukalian, D.O. from Lourdes Specialty Hospital, at the 46th
Annual Conference of the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society,
hosted this year in Nashville.
“Lourdes Specialty Hospital is a deserving recipient with its efforts to
provide respect, dignity and quality of care for each patient, but most
importantly its mission to prevent new wounds,” noted Cruise, vice
president and general manager for 3M Critical & Chronic Care Solutions.
“At 3M we place high priority on prevention when it comes to patient
skin care.”
“This year, the submission from the team at Lourdes Specialty Hospital
stood out from the rest because they have demonstrated both creativity
and persistence in the quest to reduce hospital acquired pressure ulcers
(HAPUs),” said Laurie McNichol, MSN, RN, GNP, CWOCN, CWON-AP; WOCN
Society Development Chair. “Their sustained gains in this area of
quality improvement are to be celebrated. The WOCN is excited to be able
to showcase their accomplishments at the Society’s 46th
Annual Conference.”
3M’s leadership in improving skin integrity is reflected in its
innovative line of Cavilon™ brand products, designed to help protect
skin and prevent skin damage. The Cavilon professional skin care line
includes cleansers, moisturizers, moisture barriers and antifungal
creams that help simplify skin care regimens, maintain and support skin
integrity, and provide comfort and convenience to clinicians, patients
and families. Learn more at www.3M.com/cavilon.
About 3M Health Care
3M Health Care offers solutions in the
medical, oral care, drug delivery, food safety and health information
markets. We have an unparalleled ability to connect people, insights,
science and technology to think beyond today, solve problems, and make
better health possible. Our culture of collaboration empowers us to
discover and deliver practical, proven solutions that enable our
customers to protect and improve the health of people around the world.
Learn more at www.3MHealthcare.com.
About 3M
3M captures the spark of new ideas and transforms
them into thousands of ingenious products. Our culture of creative
collaboration inspires a never-ending stream of powerful technologies
that make life better. 3M is the innovation company that never stops
inventing. With $31 billion in sales, 3M employs 89,000 people worldwide
and has operations in more than 70 countries. For more information,
visit www.3M.com
or follow @3MNews on Twitter.
About WOCN
The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society™
(WOCN®) is a professional nursing society that supports its
members by promoting educational, clinical, and research opportunities
to advance the practice and guide the delivery of expert health care to
individuals with wounds, ostomies, and incontinence.
3M and Cavilon are trademarks of 3M.
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