Bringing Safety

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• Bringing Safety
• Back to the
• Bedside

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The Beata Clasp

• New medical device technology
• Simple in design
• Organizes and holds medical tubing
• Latex-free
• Disposable
• Single patient use

Bedside Entanglement Avoidance Tubing Apparatus
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Effortless to Use

• Attaches to hospital bedrails in seconds
• No adhesives needed
• Tubing is aligned into grooves
• Transfers to IV poles, wheelchairs, and walkers
  for ambulation

Do not permanently affix tubing to Beata
Clasp For passive restriction only
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Benefits

• ? time spent untangling lines
• ? chance for contamination
• ? time re-work from line reinsertions
• ? risk of tripping
• ? patient safety satisfaction
• ? operational efficiency
• ? care team vitality safety
• Creates a culture of patient safety

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Tubing Misconnections

• Multiple medical devices connected to patients
• Similar and often identical connectors
• Care providers may connect two devices which have
  different intended purpose

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Efforts to Prevent Misconnections

• The World Health Organization
• Nine Patient Safety Solutions
• Patient Safety Solution Topic 7
• Avoiding Catheter Tubing Misconnections
• The Joint Commission
• April 3, 2006 Sentinel Event Alert
• Tubing Misconnections - A Persistent
  Potentially Deadly Occurrence

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Prompts Intuitive Compliance

• Directs user to take correct action
• Limited training necessary
• Easily involve patient and family in care
• Encourage patients active involvement in their
  own care as a patient safety strategy (JCAHO
  Goal 13)

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Line Reconciliation Process

• Visual prompt
• Standard set of information is exchanged at every
  hand-off
• Implement a standardized approach to hand-off
  communications, including opportunity to ask and
  respond to questions (JCAHO Goal 2E)

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Liability

• Proactive risk reduction device
• Inexpensive solution to address rising medical
  malpractice exposure
• Demonstrates taking steps to create safety

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Conclusion

• Reduces medical errors
• Eliminates waste and rework
• Eliminates problem of lost call lights
• Eliminates the spaghetti syndrome
• Decreases contamination
• Involves patients and families in discussion of
  tubing safety

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