A Study to Evaluate the Benefits of Using a Range of Wound Care Products From a Single Manufacturer

BSN Medical

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Wound - in Medical Care

Treatments: Other: Use of wound care products from a single manufacturer

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT02937909

WMC 75/UK/15

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is designed to investigate whether the adoption of the use of a range of wound care products from a single manufacturer makes training in appropriate product selection more effective and results in more accurate selection of the appropriate product for the wound and for the patient's lifestyle, thereby incurring less waste and reducing the number of referrals by the community nursing team to the Tissue Viability Team.

One community nursing team will switch to using a full range of dressings and compression products from BSN medical UK for three months. Nurse training on the products will be given and nurse competencies and confidence in woundcare and appropriate product selection will be tested at the start and end of the study.

The number and type of referrals to the Tissue Viability Team will be measured.

Total anonymised data on numbers of referrals, wound closure, numbers of wounds and quantity and cost of products used will be collected and compared with the historical record for three months prior to the study. Patients will complete a Quality of Life questionnaire at enrolment and exit from the study.

Patients for whom BSN medical UK products are not appropriate or not desired by the patient will not be enrolled and will receive the usual range of products available to the community nursing team.

Enrollment: 21 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

All healthcare professionals of the Billericay team responsible for dressing changes who are willing to take part in this study and give their written informed consent.

Inclusion Criteria for the patients:

• Patients giving their informed consent and with an open wound being treated by the community nursing team
• All patients whose wounds can be treated with BSN medical UK Product range for wound and leg ulcer management.

Exclusion Criteria for the patients:

• Age <18 years
• Subjects who do not give their consent for any reason
• Subjects who are unable to read and understand patient information sheet and consent form

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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21 participants in 2 patient groups

Prospective Data

Experimental group

Description:

Use of BSN medical UK range of wound dressings and compression products for 12 weeks treatment period Training and testing of woundcare nursing competencies Quality of Life questionnaire for patients

Treatment:

Other: Use of wound care products from a single manufacturer

Historical data

No Intervention group

Description:

Historical data from the three months prior to the study on time needed for nurse training, number of referrals to the Tissue Viability Team, costs of dressings used, number of patients with wounds treated, types of wounds, number of wound closures and duration of treatment .