take action to prevent pressure injuries

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.

Benefits of our AKTON® polymer.

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.

Akton attributes