Clinician safety & satisfaction: Reduce the high cost of workplace injuries

In competitive tests, Mölnlycke’s Biogel^® surgical gloves were 3.5 times less likely to fail in-use.⁴  Not only that, they exceed industry standards for force-at-break, tensile strength and elongation.⁵  Fewer glove failures reduce the potential patient risk of exposure to pathogens and associated costs of treatment and potentially resulting SSIs.⁴  Equip your medical teams with the highest quality, technically advanced glove in the industry.

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As many as 85% of nurses develop musculoskeletal disorders in their lifetime, with 79.6% reporting lost time from work.⁸Clinician back injuries alone cost the U.S. health system an estimated $20 billion annually, according to OSHA estimates. ²   Mölnlycke’s Tortoise^®️ Turning and Positioning systems has been successful in reducing caregiver injuries in a QIP. ⁹  One acute care hospital achieved a $220,000 cost avoidance by reducing patient handling incidents and claims.¹⁰  

Learn how a long-term acute care unit experienced 89% caregiver and staff injury reduction ⏤ with $108,948 direct cost savings, using the Tortoise^®️ Turning and Positioning System. ⁹ 

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