"The problem is that the administrations do not have an adequate investment policy in prevention," José Julio Sastre
Interesting interview to our Technical Director, made by the Web "Prevención y Úlceras y Heridas.com", about the investment in ulcer prevention.
We have the opportunity to talk again with José Julio Sastre Lorca, Technical Director of LORCA MARÍN S.L. In the previous interview we had the opportunity to meet him and the company Lorca Marín.
José Julio, Do you think the COVID pandemic has influenced patient safety and skin integrity?
José Julio Sastre Lorca
I believe that the answer to this question is infinitely better known to healthcare professionals who have had to treat affected patients under very difficult conditions. Personally I understand that taking into account the advanced age of many patients, who are already at risk, and the treatments and prone positions of patients with assisted breathing for long periods, were situations of increased risk of ulcers, even on prevention surfaces that required supplements to improve the effectiveness of prone posture.
How do you see the current state of patient safety and skin integrity in Spain at the present time after having overcome the acute phase of the pandemic?
I think that more and more, and possibly the pandemic has helped, health professionals are very involved.The problem is that it seems to me that the administrations still do not have an adequate policy and investment in prevention and in the savings of suffering, time, work, beds and money involved. It is always better to "correct" when a problem has arisen than to prevent it before it happens. These policies do not provide an interesting electoral return in the short term and their benefits are difficult to appreciate for each individual, and they only emerge in the long term, so there is no social demand. On the other hand, the pandemic highlighted the risk of policies to save personnel in the treatment of patients, as well as the insufficient provision of means of prevention in the face of an avalanche of admissions of patients at risk at a given time. The acute phase of the COVID has passed and the return to normality has made us forget those moments, as is often the case.
What is your position (as a company) in this regard?
We as a company can only try to have more and more efficient products in prevention, improving the cost-effectiveness and collaborate with professional groups and associations that promote improvements in treatment and prevention at all levels and make more visible what is involved in the generation of ulcers and the importance of the patient's skin integrity.
Are you working on new solutions/projects in relation to patient safety and skin integrity?
We are looking for new solutions that improve the possibilities of surfaces in terms of aeration, moisture evacuation to avoid skin maceration and improve pressure distribution. We also try to adapt our dynamic products to digital technologies.
After more than a year of existence of prevencionulcerasyheridas.com, how do you value our resource?
Very positively. It is a magnificent portal from where you can access a great amount of information and very updated. At a commercial level it is very interesting to have a catalog of our products in it.
Thank you very much for your words, now focusing on your patient safety and skin integrity products/solutions, which one would you like to talk about in more depth?
We are trying to expand and update our range of products and solutions, both in the adaptation to the new challenges that Covid has generated, such as the use of power units that can be managed through a Smartphone application that also generates usage histories. However, I would like to talk about a cushion that we think optimizes resources at the hospital level, in these times of crisis. hybrid mattress.
What can you tell us about the hybrid mattress?
Hybrid mattress
As its name indicates, it is a mattress that can work as a static mattress (foam) valid for low-medium risk patients, but in the case that the use of a dynamic system is necessary, due to a negative evolution in the patient's condition, it incorporates this therapy. The air cells that work in dynamic mode are also partly filled with foam, which gives it its double operability. The advantage is that there are two systems in one and in case of having to change the patient's system there is no need to change the mattress, avoiding inconveniences and bureaucratic procedures, which results in comfort for the patient and saves time in the application of dynamic therapy.
Thank you very much José Julio for your words, and we hope that the administration will soon incorporate an adequate investment policy for prevention and patient safety.
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