WOCN® Society’s 50th Annual Conference

(GS2) General Session - Setting the Standard for Body Worn Absorbent Products: Results of the WOCN Consensus Conference (Room Ballroom)

03 Jun 18
10:55 AM - 11:55 AM

Tracks: Continence

Speaker(s): Mikel Gray, Professor; Nurse Practitioner of Urology and School of Nursing, University of Virginia; Laurie McNichol, CNS/WOC Nurse, Cone Health; Dea Kent, Director, Nurse Practitioner Program, Indiana University Kokomo; JoAnn Ermer-Seltun, Family Nurse Practitioner, WEB WOC Programs and MercyOne North Iowa Continence Clinic & Vascular/Wound Clinic

WOC Nurses are often called upon to make recommendations to individuals or purchasing/procurement representatives regarding body worn absorptive products. While considered a containment strategy for incontinence, these products simultaneously impact skin integrity. The WOCN Society held a consensus conference to identify current clinical practice gaps and define standards of care for individuals using body worn absorptive products for the management of fecal and urinary incontinence. The goal of the consensus conference was to develop evidence and consensus based statements that result in the development of a manuscript and ultimately, an evidence-and-consensus-based decision support tool around this concept.