Positioning Essentials

Positioning Essentials

Single-Use Foam Products

Must-Have Solutions for Safe Patient Positioning


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Unique, Skin-friendly Materials

The DermaProx™ Difference


Provide optimally balanced pressure-distribution, immersion, envelopment, insulation, and moisture-management properties for your patients. Available for a multitude of applications, DermaProx helps create a safe interface between patients and surgical equipment.

  • Significantly reduced peak pressure1
  • 19% better heat retention vs. traditional positioning foam2
  • Improved moisture control3
  • Increased immersion4 and envelopment5
  • Protects without the use of sticky adhesives; the removal of which may cause skin tears6
 

DermaProx™ Pads

Protecting Your Patients Against Preventable Injuries


  • A necessity for every pressure injury prevention program
  • Help meet AORN guidelines and recommendations for safe patient positioning
  • Protect skin without the use of sticky adhesives; the removal of which may cause skin tears.
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“Apply prophylactic materials (e.g., dressings, non-adherent devices designed to reduce PI risk) to bony prominences (e.g., heels, sacrum) or other areas subjected to pressure, friction, and sheer in patients identified as being at high risk for PI.”
[AORN Recommendation, Section 4.1]

Patient Callouts

Simple, Safe Solutions that Help Patient Safety Advocates Meet

AORN
Guidelines & Recommendations

Official AORN Guidelines Recommend7


  • “Placing padding between the patient and hard surfaces and using additional padding on bony prominences and other pressure points increases patient comfort, helps redistribute pressure, and decreases the potential for nerve or PI.” Section 3.15 - Safe Patient Positioning
  • “Use additional pressure-redistributing padding to support the patient and redistribute pressure from bony prominences and other pressure points.” Section 3.14 - Safe Patient Positioning
  • “After positioning or repositioning the patient, verify there are no areas where devices or equipment are resting against the patient.” Section 3.15 - Safe Patient Positioning
  • “Devices or equipment resting against the patient increase the risk for tissue or nerve damage in surgical patients.” Section 3.15 - Safe Patient Positioning


  • “A standardized product selection process assists in the selection of functional and reliable products that are safe, cost-effective, and environmentally preferable and that promote quality care, as well as decreases duplication or rapid obsolescence.” Section 1.1 - Environmental Cleaning
  • Apply prophylactic dressings to bony prominences (eg, heels, sacrum) or other areas subjected to pressure, friction, and shear in patients identified as being at high risk for PI. [Recommendation]
    • The use of prophylactic dressings reduces the effects of pressure, shear, and friction on healthy skin at increased risk for PI.
    • The use of prophylactic dressings significantly reduces the amount of shear delivered to the skin by several mechanisms, including:
      • Displacing the shear force outside of the dressing area
      • Providing bulk to absorb shear
      • Having multiple layers of foam to create a displacement plane for absorbing shear
      • Stretching, molding, and conforming to the skin surface to absorb pressure
  • “Placing padding under the patient’s shins provides greater pressure redistribution than placing padding under the dorsum of the patient’s foot. Preventing pressure on the tips of the patient’s toes reduces the incidence of pressure injuries and foot drop.” Section 7.11 - Prone Positioning

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Orthopedic Positioning

Specialized Patient Safety Solutions

Xodus Medical is focused on making Orthopedic surgery safer with unique solutions that reduce the risk of HAPI formation and nerve damage, as well as increase procedural efficiency and cost effectiveness.

Hip Procedures

Hip Procedures
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Shoulder Procedures

Shoulder Procedures
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Knee Procedures

Knee Procedures
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Freeman Arm Positioner

Freeman Arm Positioner
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Anesthesia Positioning

Improve Anatomical Support, Airway Management, and Protection Against Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries (HAPIs)

The incidence rate of lost-workday injuries from slips, trips, and falls in hospitals was 90% greater than the average rate for all other private industries, combined.1

Help avoid preventable injuries with Camel™ Cord Covers.

One-Step™ Face Protector

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Prone Head Positioners

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Supine Head Positioners

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Specialty Head Positioners

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Positioning Straps

Skin-Friendly Positioning Straps
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Skin-Friendly Positioning Straps


Strong enough to secure your heaviest patients, yet gentle enough to help prevent HAPIs. Available in multiple configurations.

Labor & Delivery Straps
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Labor & Delivery Straps


Soft, safe, and adjustable. Our Fetal Monitoring Straps are engineered to optimize patient comfort while securing CTG transducers.

Single-Use Armboard Strap
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Armboard Straps


Ideal solutions for safely securing patients' arms before and during a multitude of surgical procedures.

Single-Use Positioning

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General Positioning


Safe and supportive positioning essentials, each of which are:

  • Constructed with industry-leading, quality materials
  • Soft, breathable, and supportive
  • Latex-free
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Bariatric Positioning


Designed for the unique challenges of high-BMI patient positioning

  • Ultra-supportive, high-density materials
  • Specialized, anatomically-correct designs
  • Skin-friendly and latex-free

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