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PATIENT POSITIONERS AND SUPPORT SURFACES
Every year, hospital facilities spend an estimated $26.8 billion dollars treating hospital acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) and their related complications. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid consider HAPIs to be “never events” and in 2008 eliminated reimbursement for costs associated with them. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HAPIs have continued to increase, therefore, adding additional expenses to healthcare systems.
For over 50 years, Action Products has designed and manufactured patient positioners and support surfaces that help protect your patients against pressure injuries. Our products provide pressure relief and shear reduction in a variety of surgical settings including preoperative, perioperative and postoperative.
Hospital Products Categories
Chest Torso & Hip
Pediatrics
Overlays
OR Table Pads
Disposable Covers & Resurfacing Kits
Leg Ankle & Foot
Head & Neck
Arm Shoulder & Elbow
Specialty Frame
OUR MATERIAL
Since it is reusable, it helps environmentally, economically, and clinically. The perfect package.
Our unique Akton® polymer is effective in helping to reduce pressure injuries and it is reusable which means it helps environmentally, economically, and clinically. In a recent survey, two-thirds of physicians felt the amount of surgical waste generated was excessive and increasing. 5 Our reusable patient positioners can help to reduce that waste.
AKTON polymer is a dry, viscoelastic polymer. Its proprietary formulation is exclusive to Action Products and is the hallmark material of our Action® brand products. Our unique polymer is an ultra-soft, solid rubber that has a tissue equivalent feel. It will not leak, flow, or bottom out if punctured.
EDUCATIONAL BLOGS
Using towels or sheets over Polymer Patient Positioners
Pressure Injury Prevention Strategies: Using Towels or Sheets Over Patient Positioners In this blog we discuss the “hot topic” of using towels, or sheets in between the patient positioners and the patient. Does using towels or sheets over polymer increase the...
Pressure Injuries: Never Events – Part 1
Preventing Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries in 2026: Perioperative Strategies to Avoid CMS Never Events Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries (HAPIs) remain a costly and preventable harm. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) still classifies Stage...
Heel Pressure Injury Prevention with Evidence-Based Interventions!
Mitigate the risk of a heel pressure injury The supine position is the most common surgical position with the patient lying on their back with the head, neck and spine in a neutral position. This position is not without pressure injury risk as there is increased...
National Patient Safety Goals, Universal Protocol: Guideline for Perioperative Team Communication
Each year the Joint Commission, with input from practitioners, provider organizations, purchasers, consumer groups, and other stakeholders, determines high priority patient safety issues and creates National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG). NPSG were established in 2002...
