Table 2 Activities of caregivers and treatment material used
From: Cost-effectiveness of a pressure ulcer quality collaborative
Program level | Amount | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Program activities (project design, expert meetings, recruitment, organizing working conferences, mid-term report, final report etc.) | Program experts | 4696 hours |
Program support | Program experts | 635 hours | |
Knowledge management (publications, etc) | Program experts | 175 hours | |
Materials | Lump sum | ||
Other costs | Lump sum | ||
Organizational level | Average | ||
Labor | Project activities (coordinating the project, writing action plans, reports, etc.) | Project leader | 8 hours (per week) |
Clinical level project implementation | Project member | 2 hours (per week) | |
Learning session participation | - Project leader - 2 Project members | 76 hours (total each) | |
Staff knowledge testing | - Nurses - Caregivers | 30 min (total each) | |
Caregiver training | - Specialized nurse - Caregivers | 3.5 hours (total each) | |
Specialist training | Nurses | 8 hours (total each) | |
Project meetings | - Project member - Nurses - Caregivers | 8 hours (total each) | |
Measurements | Nurses | 1 hour (per month) | |
Departmental level | Average/day/patient | ||
Useful interventions | Risk assessment | Nurses | 10 sec |
30-degree side turn at least every 4 hours | Caregivers | 35 min | |
Involving patients in prevention | Nurses | 2 sec | |
Involving family/friends/caregivers in prevention | Nurses | 0.4 sec | |
Reactivation and mobilization by paramedics | Paramedics | 4 min | |
Smearing the skin with topical agents in case of incontinence | Caregivers | 2 min | |
Assessing nutritional state and preventing nutritional deficiency | Caregivers | 4 min | |
Inserting a catheter to prevent maceration of the skin | Caregivers | 3 min | |
Non-useful interventions | Ensuring a clean, dry and square lower layer of bedclothes | Caregivers | 7 min |
Smearing the skin (with topical agents) to prevent disturbance in blood supply caused by pressure | Caregivers | 2 min | |
Massage | Caregivers | 1 min | |
90-degree side turn at least every 4 hours | Caregivers | 30 min | |
Usual treatment grades 1-2 | Caregivers | 7 min | |
Usual treatment grades 3-4 | Caregiver | 15 min | |
Materials | Type | Number/patient | |
Basic mattress | Start | 1 | |
Mattress (grades 1-2) | SLK 1 | 1 | |
Mattress (grades 1-2) | Dionica | 1 | |
Mattress (grades 3-4) | SLK 2 | 1 | |
Mattress (grades 3-4) | Duo-care | 1 | |
Mattress (grades 3-4) | Quatro-care | 1 | |
Pillow (prevention) | Foam pillow | 1 | |
Pillow (grades 1-2) | Normal PU pillow | 1 | |
Pillow (grades 3-4) | ROHO | 1 | |