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Arjo’s overall vision is to become the most trusted mobility outcomes partner. Our blog contains articles about how we’re working to solve some of the world’s biggest health challenges for the patient, the caregiver, and the ones who help design care facilities.

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Understanding the Importance of Compression Therapy in VTE Prevention
VTE prevention
Sep 05, 2023
Understanding the Importance of Compression Therapy in VTE Prevention
When we get a small wound, we often praise our blood’s ability to clot to protect the wound and prevent further blood loss. However, when blood starts to clot in the wrong place at the wrong time, the consequences can be life-changing, even fatal. Every year, blood clots in the deep veins cause extensive suffering for millions of people. In this article we’re taking an in-depth look at blood clots, their causes and how the Flowtron Active Compression System can help prevent the condition.
5 solutions to support single-handed care
Patient handling
Apr 11, 2023
5 solutions to support single-handed care
The term single-handed care simply refers to a means of safely transferring an individual with the correct equipment and appropriate number of carergivers. In some care environments, there have long been ‘informal working practices’ automatically requiring the need for two caregivers when assisting with patient handling activities. However, in recent years there has been a definite shift towards the provision of single-handed care, especially within long-term care settings.¹
Preventing caregiver injuries: How floor and ceiling lifts can help
Patient handling
Apr 11, 2023
Preventing caregiver injuries: How floor and ceiling lifts can help
Routine care tasks should not put caregivers at risk. Caregivers perform transfer, repositioning and hygiene tasks many times throughout the day. If these essential care tasks are not performed with the right equipment, care processes and skills, they can put caregivers at risk of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) and injury. It is recommended to use of the right mechanical assistive aids that can improve caregiver safety and reduce the high costs related to caregiver injury.¹ “Mechanical lifts reduce the back-compressive forces on nursing personnel by an estimated 60%”²
Do you consider these 7 factors in the patient mobility assessment process?
Patient handling
Apr 11, 2023
Do you consider these 7 factors in the patient mobility assessment process?
The International Standards for manual handling of people in the healthcare sector discuss various methods of assessment1. The most essential transfers take place multiple times throughout the daily journey. Risk assessment helps to identify the most appropriate transfer and equipment for the situation and activity to be carried out. This helps promote functional mobility and reduce the risk of caregiver injury.
Tips and techniques to consider when using slide sheets under the patient
Patient handling
Apr 11, 2023
Tips and techniques to consider when using slide sheets under the patient
Using slide sheet devices for in-bed movements has benefits not only for safety, but also for the patients’ comfort, security and dignity¹. The risks of moving the full body weight of a dependent patient are well recognised. For horizontal transfers and many in-bed movements, the provision of a friction-reducing slide sheet may be a sound solution for reducing physical effort and improving patient comfort.¹,²
What’s the cost of caregiver injury and patient immobility in healthcare environments?
Patient handling
Apr 11, 2023
What’s the cost of caregiver injury and patient immobility in healthcare environments?
Patient handling injuries can be costly not only for the caregiver but also for the organisation. The financial impact is associated with injury investigation and potential claim management, temporarily replacing an injured caregiver and litigation/settlement costs. This article aims to evaluate the cost of caregiver injury and patient immobility in healthcare environments and identify potential solutions to mitigate these costs. Patient immobility can have a serious financial impact on the organisation and caregiver injury can result in fewer staff resources and reduced working efficiencies. “The use of the right mechanical assistive aids improves caregiver safety and reduces injury related costs for the organisation”¹
Key considerations for healthcare facilities planning
Patient handling
Apr 11, 2023
Key considerations for healthcare facilities planning
What is the space needed around the bed to make it easier to get in and out, to maneuver equipment, and for the caregiver to support residents when they need it with less risk of injury? We understand that planning a facility around the needs of residents and to promote the ability of staff to care for them in a safe and effective way is imperative. And the earlier it's done the more and better options you'll have and potentially lower overall costs significantly.
How our cover fabrics are designed to support infection control
Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Apr 24, 2022
How our cover fabrics are designed to support infection control
A mattress cover should support the prevention of cross-contamination – without compromising the performance of the support surface.
How to prevent pressure injury during patient rehabilitation
Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Jun 06, 2021
How to prevent pressure injury during patient rehabilitation
Empowering movement is fundamental to any patient rehabilitation programme and is a core principle in the prevention of pressure injury development. With the impact of the current pandemic, the focus on mobilising and rehabilitating patients earlier and often throughout the day has never been higher.
Meeting the infection control challenge when selecting a support surface
Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Jun 03, 2021
Meeting the infection control challenge when selecting a support surface
Healthcare settings face the challenge of managing an effective Infection Control protocol on a daily basis. Ensuring the safety of patients and staff at all times, in a range of different settings requires a robust process, where care and treatment can be delivered without the risk of infection due to poor hygiene standards.
Preventing Pressure Injuries in Patients with Reduced Mobility
Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Jun 02, 2021
Preventing Pressure Injuries in Patients with Reduced Mobility
Reduced mobility is a significant risk factor for pressure injury development, international guidelines emphasise the need for regular turning and repositioning of patients to help prevent skin damage¹. While a pressure redistribution mattress may enable the repositioning regimen to be individualised, regular postural change is still important but not without risk to the patient or caregiver.
How to manage microclimate in the plus sized patient?
Pressure Ulcer Prevention
May 31, 2021
How to manage microclimate in the plus sized patient?
According to a 2016 report by the WHO, globally there are 650 million people that are obese accounting for approx. 13% of the world’s adult population¹.
Managing skin microclimate with Skin IQ's Negative Airflow Technology
Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Apr 07, 2021
Managing skin microclimate with Skin IQ's Negative Airflow Technology
The International Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management Guidelines discuss how managing microclimate can provide an environment conducive to injury prevention and tissue repair. As such the guidelines recommend the need for additional features such as the ability to control moisture and temperature when selecting a support surface.