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The link between nutrition, pressure injuries and wound healing
Nutritional status plays an integral role in the process of wound healing and in the prevention and treatment of pressure injuries. Macronutrients and micronutrients are required by each organ system in specific amounts to promote growth, development
Mobility gallery & personalized care with dementia
Mobility Gallery™ and personalized dementia care | Arjo Mobility Gallery™ and personalized dementia care. Wide range of assessment tools. Enable you to deliver a tailored and optimized care plan. Learn more at Arjo!
Empowering movement: Mobility matters
Mobility is defined as the ability to move in one’s environment with ease and without restrictions.
Mercy Health Case Study - Arjo MOVE Program
Arjo MOVE helped Mercy Health save over $2 million in the first year.
The time factor in alternating pressure
Why “Lower for Longer” is the driving principle behind the performance of an alternating pressure surface.
The impact of prolonged immobility & assessment of patient readiness for mobility
Intensive care unit (ICU) patients frequently have extreme derangement of physiological function.
The benefits and barriers to Early Mobilization
Early mobilization has been demonstrated to be both safe and feasible for patients admitted to critical care.
Baptist Memorial Health Care - Arjo MOVE Program
Arjo MOVE helped Baptist Memorial reduce staff injuries by 80 percent on average across their large system of hospitals.
Investing in our future
Our environment is fragile and the focus this year is to “restore our earth” through natural processes, green technologies and innovation.
Mobility gallery
more at Arjo. The Mobility Gallery is an assessment tool based on five different levels of mobility, named in alphabetic order from A to E
Advocate Aurora Sherman Hospital Case Study - Arjo MOVE Program
Advocate Aurora Sherman Hospital is one of the ten hospitals in the Advocate Aurora Health System. It is an acute care level 2 trauma regional hospital that serves the northwest Chicagoland area.
UnityPoint Health Methodist - Arjo MOVE Program
UnityPoint Health Methodist (UPHM) has always striven to deliver for its patients and staff and sought to do so efficiently, advancing its quality of care in concert with reducing staff injuries and cost.
Anmed health Case Study - Arjo MOVE® Program
A 98% decrease in workers’ compensation costs and an 82% decrease in patient handling-related injuries helped AnMed Health earn nearly $2.6 million in total annual savings.
Pressure injury prevention strategies for healthier outcomes
A pressure injury seriously affects quality of life. As clinicians, increasing awareness of pressure injury prevention and education are important to help ensure healthier outcomes for those in our lives and under our care.
Microclimate management: The critical link to skin integrity
As a clinician, have you ever had the experience of rolling a patient on to their side only to find their back is warm and sweaty without any indication of sweating elsewhere? Here is some insight into why this may have happened.
Clinical Insights: Reduce injury risk and promote safety with the AirPal system
Today, we welcome Ali Qureshi, OTR, MOT, Arjo Clinical Consultant and Occupational Therapist, to discuss Arjo’s newest safe patient handling and mobility aid, the AirPal® lateral transfer and repositioning system.
September is World Alzheimer’s Month
For the past decade, September has been designated as World Alzheimer’s Month to raise awareness internationally of this devastating disease, with World Alzheimer's Day celebrated annually on September 21.
How a lack of assistive equipment can be a barrier to mobility in the ICU
Early mobilization of ICU patients has been associated with improved muscle strength and functional independence, as well as a shorter duration of delirium, mechanical ventilation, and ICU length of stay.
