Efficiencies without compromise

Health systems can achieve significant healthcare cost reduction through product standardization to decrease redundancy and focus only on solutions proven to be the most clinically effective and cost-efficient. For one medical center, we initiated a hospital standardization program to reduce surgical gloves SKUs ⏤ taking the OR from 13 gloves and 4 manufacturers to 3 Mölnlycke synthetic Biogel^®️ gloves. This made it easier to pull a latex-free option from the shelf, eliminating a recurring problem of latex allergy among staff that halted 30-90 surgical cases annually and prompted costly teardowns. After standardizing, tear downs dropped to zero, representing $43,020 in cost avoidance and 36-60 fewer staff hours over one year. ¹ 

Saving a few pennies on a single dressing might cost you more if you have to use more of them perpatient. We design our products to optimize efficiency in both acute and post-acute settings. OurMepilex® Border Flex foam dressings are shown to stay on longer and better adhere to patients’ skin,with flexibility in all directions. Clinicians can confidently increase the time between dressing changeswithout sacrificing patient comfort.

After reducing their inventory of advanced wound care products by 50%, a Mississippi medical center: ³ 

• improved healing rates from 48.4% to 87.5%
• increased patient satisfaction by 13%
• saved $300,000; and
• decreased the time required for product education

1. Utilizing the Lean Process in Surgical Glove Standardization, Samuel E. Sullivan RN CNOR,Published Poster, AORN 2020
2. Tyson, LP. Study First: Driving the Case for Improving Hospital Wound Care. Poster Presentation at SAWC 2019, San Antonio, TX.
3. McNees, P and Kueven, JA. The Bottom Line on Wound Care Standardization. Healthcare FinancialManagement. March 2011