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Clinitron® Rite Hite®
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Hill-Rom® Air Fluidized Therapy The gold standard of wound care. Advanced Technology • Silicon beads with high airflow provide fluid-like flotation • Air fluidized therapy addresses pressure (envelopment, immersion), shear, friction and microclimate management (temperature, moisture) Accelerates Wound Healing (Head of bed angle accommodates respiratory patients) • 4.4 times faster • 70% cost reduction • 55% more time at home Healing Rates for Stage III-IV Pressure Ulcers Water Body 95% immersed Air Fluidized Therapy (AFT) Bead bath Body 70% immersed faster healing with AFT Ochs RF, Horn SD, van Rijswijk L, Pietsch CA, Smout RJ, Comparison of air-fluidized therapy with other support surfaces used to treat pressure ulcers in nursing home residents, Ostomy Wound Manage. 2005; 51(2):38-68.

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Hill-Rom® Air Fluidized Therapy Cost Model for Treating Stage III-IV Pressure Ulcers AIR Surface Pressure Ulcer Size (cm ) Days to heal Pressure ulcer cost to treat/day (excludes surface) Cost to heal Savings differential Therapy surface rental/day Rental Days Total therapy surface cost cost savings with AFT Cuddigan J, Ayello E. Treating severe pressure ulcers in the home setting: faster healing and lower cost with air-fluidized therapy. The Remington Report 2004; 12 (3): 6-10. Advanced Therapy Hospitalization from Home (compared to low air loss surfaces) • Complicated stage III/IV...

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