When patients enter a hospital, they shouldn’t have to worry about getting sicker. Brushing their teeth and gums is one of the best ways to help address risk factors for pneumonia, which can impact all patients, regardless of acuity.2 Our all-in-one, single use oral care system is designed to help address the risk factors associated with hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) for your non-ventilated patients.
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Improving patient oral hygiene is something you can do easily — and it can significantly impact the risk factors for pneumonia.
Oral Care is the #1 missed practice from the patients' perspective.3
25% of all hospital-acquired infections are pneumonia.1
16% mortality rate for non-ventilator hospital-associated pneumonia (NV-HAP) patients.4
Help address pneumonia risk factors across the continuum of care.
1. Magill SS, O’Leary E, Janelle SJ, et al. Changes in Prevalence of Health Care–Associated Infections in U.S. Hospitals. New England Journal of Medicine. 2018;379(18):1732-1744.
2. Quinn B, Baker DL, Cohen S, Stewart JL, Lima CA, Parise C. Basic Nursing Care to Prevent Nonventilator Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 2013;46(1):1-9. In referenced study (Quinn), it was found that by following the oral care protocol to brush 4 times a day using a Mouthpaste with sodium bicarbonate and rinse with an antiseptic, you can help reduce the risk of pneumonia.
3. Kalisch BJ. Errors of Omission: How Missed Nursing Care Imperils Patients. Silver Spring, MD: American Nurses Association; 2016.
4. Baker D, Quinn B. Hospital Acquired Pneumonia Prevention Initiative-2: Incidence of nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia in the United States. American Journal of Infection Control. 2018;46(1):2-7.
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