Study shows benefits of hospital mattress project

MOVING PATIENTS: The devices are not to replace manual repositioning, but they are a vital assistant to nurses, helping them save time, an NTUH official said By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter Add TT as Preferred Source Automated repositioning air mattresses for critically ill patients can improve pressure injury prevention and reduce the physical burden on nurses who manually reposition patients every few hours, National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) told a news conference on Wednesday.NTUH superintendent Yu Chung-jen (余忠仁) said that people in critical care or intensive care units (ICUs) are often severely ill, connected to medical devices and tubes, or are unconscious and unable to reposition on their own.If they remain in the same position for too long, they become prone to pressure inj