Here are five facts:
1. The system combines patient fall monitoring with real-time incontinence monitoring.
2. The company entered the fall prevention market in 2013.
3. Parasol’s system offers nurses and caregivers the necessary tools to prevent injuries, saving the healthcare system money. The CDC estimated direct medical costs for falls totaled $34 billion in 2013.
4. The system is the first to develop a total room solution that simultaneously monitors any surface the patient occupies.
5. The system features:
- Wireless integration with the nurse call system
- Real-time incontinence monitoring engineered into unique, absorbent pads – notifying clinicians when a patient has evacuated in bed as an early warning system
- LED lights to help navigate patients from bed to bathroom
- Personalized record button allowing caregivers or family members to record instructions to the patient
- Anti-microbial treatment with MicrobeCare, a permanently bonded antimicrobial for maximum infection control
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