title: A practice-based evaluation of a liquid barrier film.
abstract: In palliative care it is often the little things such as being comfortable that help to improve a patient's quality of life. When the opportunity arose in our hospice to take part in a practice-based evaluation of a product that promised to make patients more comfortable, we were pleased to take part. Our small-scale evaluation was part of a wider study of SuperSkin, a liquid barrier film designed to protect skin at risk of damage. Information was collected from the patient, patient's medical notes and the nursing staff - a patient daily diary record was used in addition to normal information recordings. We evaluated the efficacy of the product and found this liquid barrier film to have a positive effect in several ways. It appeared to assist in the healing of skin damaged by friction and shearing forces, and from excoriation from wound exudates, urine and faeces. In addition, it appeared to protect healthy, 'at risk' skin from the same problems.
authors.affiliation: Woking Hospice, Woking, UK.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Harding
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003879:Dermatologic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006738:Hospices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010166:Palliative Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D003879:Dermatologic Agents