Introducing the Reflexion pressure-redistributing cushion.
Preventing pressure ulcer incidence and ensuring patient comfort are essential components of providing quality clinical care (Hampton, 2001), and therefore comfortable pressure-redistributing seating should be a prerequisite to care provision. However, even though education in tissue viability has increased, it is only within the last 2 years that chair cushions have been noted for their importance in reducing pressure ulceration. It is not unknown for patients to have excellent pressure-reducing equipment on the bed but have chair cushions that are of an inferior standard (Hampton, 1999). This article, therefore, examines the Reflexion cushion, manufactured by Vitafoam, and the role it may have in preventing pressure ulceration.
Hampton
Sylvie
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Tissue Viability Nurse, Eastbourne, UK.
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008422:Materials Testing; D011312:Pressure; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000517:prevention & control*