The use of repositioning therapy is advocated for the prevention and treatment of various complications and is the mainstay in national and international pressure ulcer prevention guidelines. These guidelines recommend two hourly positioning as a routine standard of care1. Although patient positioning is an important part of patient care, there is limited information on what happens in clinical practice. What published evidence there is, suggests that patients may remain in one position for extended periods of time2.
This could be because manual patient turning can be very time consuming, ineffective, requires significant resource, can introduce risk to staff and patients, and might not be well tolerated.
Toto® is an automatic lateral turning system designed to assist with patient turning. Consisting of a digital control unit and platform which is fitted beneath the patients’ mattress, Toto effectively redistributes patients’ peak pressures, by tilting via discreet inflatable air cells; evenly, smoothly and consistently even when they are sleeping.
Toto enables you to increase patient compliance, decrease the risk of pressure injury, reduce dependency on staff and caregivers, increase patient safety and provide your patient with a good night’s sleep.
Come along to booth #1128, and see Toto in action, the Frontier Therapeutics Team are looking forward welcoming you.
The quality of patient care improves when safe patient handling programs are implemented3
For more information visit www.frontier-therapeutics.com/toto
About Frontier
Frontier Therapeutics are a Frontier Medical Group company.
Frontier Medical Group Frontier Medical Group, based in Blackwood, South Wales, is a market leading provider of a range of specialist medical devices to healthcare professionals and end users both in the UK and internationally. Frontier’s products contribute significantly to the safety and wellbeing of end users and patients, specifically in Skin/Wound Care and Infection Prevention.
1. National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel, European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel and Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance. Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers: Clinical Practice Guideline. Background: Etiology. Emily Haesler (Ed.). Cambridge Media: Osborne Park, Western Australia, 2014.
2. Goldhill D R, Badacsonyi A, Goldhill A A, Waldmann C. A prospective observational study of ICU patient position and frequency of turning. Anaesthesia. Journal of Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland. Anaesthesia 2008, 63, 509-51
3. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Safe Patient Handling Programs: Effectiveness and Cost Savings. Available at: https://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3279.pdf Accessed 29.03.2019