More non-wound specialists are treating chronic wounds,1 with limited wound care experience affecting confidence and formulary adherence; leading to significant wound care variation.2 Help reduce practice variation with a tool that aids assessment and decision-making3
The WOUND COMPASS Clinical Support App helps you to decode each unique wound, to help reduce practice variation.4
Customisable to customer's formulary
Shown to help improve formulary compliance*4
Shown to help improve nurses’ confidence*4
Designed to provide quick and easy point-of-care education
Validated by 70 clinicians through 400 assessments. Recommended by 100% of wound specialists surveyed (n=7).4,5
All wounds, like all patients, are unique. The WOUND COMPASS CSA helps you decode the wound step-by-step, providing a convenient tool to help improve confidence** in reading the signs.4 In just 90 seconds,***5 this easy-to-use app:
Helps categorise wounds by location, type, appearance, exudate and depth
Provides guidance on product selection, customised to the user’s formulary
Shown to help improve formulary compliance*4
Offers effective point of care educational resource
Provides guidance on when to consult a specialist
There’s an urgent need and opportunity to reduce practice variation and improve patient outcomes.3 What if we could meet those challenges – regardless of specialty – using an application based on the proven principles of the T.I.M.E. clinical decision support tool (CDST) to help manage chronic wounds efficiently and consistently?3,6-11
Learn how to use the WOUND COMPASS CSA to help:
Confidence: 82% of non-wound specialists believe using the WOUND COMPASS CSA has improved their confidence when managing wounds**4
Ease-of-use: 83% of non-wound specialists felt the WOUND COMPASS CSA was easy-to-use****4
Point-of-care education: Utilising the WOUND COMPASS CSA can help improve wound care knowledge****4
The financial burden of wound management is considerably higher due to practice variation.
Budget limitations are exacerbated by inconsistent wound management practices and improper use of specialist formulary6
Compared to acute wounds, unhealed wounds can increase the consumption of resources, number of nurse visits and the cost of care12
Patient dissatisfaction, with the perceived lack of continuity and consistency of care, further stresses non-specialist clinicians, who must select from specialist formularies with limited training2,6
*100% of Wound specialists surveyed believe the WOUND COMPASS◊ CSA resulted in their teams being more compliant to the local formulary (n=7); 79% (54/68 clinicians) of non-wound specialists believed that use of the WOUND COMPASS◊ CSA helped improve their compliance to the pathway and formulary when managing wounds.
**58/71 (82%) of non-wound specialists believe using the WOUND COMPASS CSA has improved their confidence when managing wounds.
***Based on the average time to complete assessment guidance through the WOUND COMPASS CSA.
****Rated as easy-to-use by 58/70 clinicians. Improvements in wound care knowledge reported by 71 non-wound specialists.
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