Eliminating Preventable Pressure Injuries
Eliminating Preventable Pressure Injuries Is Possible – and Proven
At Bruin Biometrics, we are dedicated to eliminating preventable pressure injuries from modern healthcare. These injuries are not inevitable – they are measurable, predictable, and preventable when nurses have the right data.
Can Hospitals Really Reach Zero Preventable Pressure Injuries?
Yes! Leading healthcare systems have already proven it. Clinical evidence shows that zero hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) can be achieved with the right protocols and technology in place.
The Key: early detection and targeted intervention. Effective pressure injury prevention begins with objective, anatomically specific data that enables clinicians to act before visible damage occurs. The Provizio® SEM Scanner delivers exactly that – empowering data-driven, early interventions that prevent pressure injuries before they start.
Results From Some of the Peer-Reviewed Studies Include:
- “A 100% reduction in HAPI incidence was achieved in the implementation period which included 35 African American patients.”
- “A 100% incidence reduction was reported in 10 (66.7%) sites.”
- “74% (23/31) of hospitals had zero acquired pressure injuries during the evaluations: a 100% reduction rate.”
The Evidence:
Post 1:
Osborne-Chambers, et al. (2024): Shedding new light for nurses: Enhancing pressure injury prevention across skin tones with sub-epidermal moisture assessment technology
- “A 100% reduction in HAPI incidence was achieved in the implementation period which included 35 African American patients.”
- “Implementing SEM assessment technology enabled equitable PI care for all population types and resulted in a 100% reduction of PIs in our CCU.”
- “Objective SEM assessments detected early-stage PIs, regardless of skin tone and enabled providing interventions to specific anatomies developing tissue damage as opposed to universal preventive interventions.”
Post 2:
Musa, et al. (2021): Clinical impact of a sub-epidermal moisture scanner: what is the real-world use?
- “There were 15 participating sites: 13 acute care, one palliative care and one community care setting. The sample size was 1478 patients. All sites reported a substantial reduction in mean HAPU incidence: 87.2% in acute care settings; 46.7% in the palliative care setting and 26.7% in the community care setting. A 100% incidence reduction was reported in 10 (66.7%) sites.”
- “In this study, SEM analysis fitted seamlessly into routine skin assessment and enabled early identification of increased risk of tissue damage, with clinically important reductions in the incidence of HAPU across all participating sites.”
Post 3:
Bryant, et al. (2021): Clinical profile of the SEM Scanner — Modernizing pressure injury care pathways using Sub-Epidermal Moisture (SEM) scanning
- “74% (23/31) of the hospitals had zero (0) acquired PIs during the evaluations: a 100% reduction rate”
- “The SEM Scanner provides significant, measurable clinical benefits to PI prevention that urgently needs objective data.”
- “There is currently no other clinically reliable tool to assess early signs of a developing PI.”
- “Clinical data of the SEM Scanner is represented in a pyramid of evidence format (Figure 3) to demonstrate the incremental evidence which shows that the device: 1) works as claimed; 2) has clinical utility, such that the device is equal to or better than the current standard of PI care and, ultimately, 3) that should be the standard of care device supporting nurses in their prevention of preventable PIs without any new, additional interventions or staff members.”
Post 4:
Raine, et al. (2021) Is it time to re-evaluate the inevitability of ulcers at the end of life?
- “During a period of 6 months in 2020 (year two), a 100% PI/PU incidence reduction was demonstrated for several months.”
- “The prevention of pressure injuries/ulcers (PI/PUs) in patients at the end of life is achievable, albeit challenging. Objective diagnostic tools, such as sub-epidermal moisture (SEM) scanning, support healthcare practitioners’ clinical judgment in preventing PI/PUs.”
Post 5:
Smith, et al. (2019): Improved clinical outcomes in pressure ulcer prevention using the SEM scanner
- “Zero Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries/Ulcers (HAPI/Us) developed during the evaluation in this patient group”
- “The outcomes of the evaluation suggest that the SEM scanner provided objective evidence that both the interventions being employed and the increase in repositioning and assessment prevented further incipient skin damage.”
Post 6:
Nightingale, et al. (2021): Evaluating the impact on hospital acquired pressure injury/ulcer incidence in a United Kingdom NHS Acute Trust from use of sub-epidermal scanning technology
- “Zero pressure injuries/ulcers were recorded in the remaining three wards resulting in an 81% incidence reduction across all four wards.”
- “Improved clinical decisions from clinical judgement based on Sub-Epidermal Moisture (SEM) Scanner data were reported in 83% patients (n=578/697)”
Post 7:
Pollard & McNelis: The Unexpected Outcomes of Using SEM Assessments
- “Pressure ulcer rate per 1000 occupied days reduced from 5.77 to 0.00”
