Integrated Product Helps Improve Compliance and Reduce Costs
Integrated 3M™ Tegaderm™ CHG Dessings have process built in, helping improve consistency and compliance to protocol in one single step. The intuitive design takes the guesswork out of application, minimizes the opportunity for error and ensures CHG is applied correctly.
Reduced Training Time
In a survey of infection preventionists released by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC), when asked to identify the greatest challenges to implementing best practices to prevent CRBSIs,* one of the top two answers was educating staff.
Because the CHG gel pad is integrated with the transparent film, nurses do not have to learn or remember any additional steps in the process of applying Tegaderm™ CHG Dressings. The ease-of-application can help reduce training time and increase productivity.
Seven in 10 feel they do not have enough time to train others adequately on how to prevent bloodstream infections.
Reduced Training Expenses
The costs for training and retraining staff can be significant. An inhouse evaluation at Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center demonstrated significant cost savings could be realized because Tegaderm™ CHG Dressings are intuitive to apply, easy to use, and require less training.
100% of nurses reported they were ALWAYS able to place the Tegaderm™ CHG Dressings correctly.
Only 8% of nurses reported they were ALWAYS able to place the BIOPATCH® Disk correctly.
Reduced Inventory Management
You can reduce the number of SKUs your facility has to purchase and stock. Tegaderm™ CHG Dressings integrate CHG protection and transparent dressing into one reliable product, eliminating the need to purchase CHG-impregnated sponge disks in addition to transparent film dressings.
*3M™ Tegaderm™ CHG Dressings have not been studied in a randomized clinical study as to their effectiveness in preventing CRBSIs.
BIOPATCH® is a registered trademark of ETHICON, INC.
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GPO Contracts
Tegaderm™ CHG Dressings are on all six major GPOs including Amerinet, Broadlane, HPG, MedAssets, Novation and Premier.
How to Buy
To order Tegaderm™ CHG Dressings for your facility, contact your 3M Health Care Representative, click on the Live Chat icon above, call the 3M Health Care Customer Hotline at 1-800-228-3957, or find a in the U.S.
