Comfort Bath Cleansing Washcloths

Comfort Bath® cleansing, the most trusted name in prepackaged bathing, has set the nationwide standard for total body cleansing and moisturizing.

Improve caregiver communication! Skin Check™ Guide empowers staff to observe and communicate changes in skin condition to the patient's RN, addressing JCAHO's 2007 Hospitals' National Patient Safety Goals.¹

Skin Check™ Guide

• Convenient peel-and-stick guide makes it easier to monitor and report skin condition.
• Helps improve communication between different levels of caregivers.
• Promotes compliance to reporting protocol; reinforces the importance of routine skin care.

Our finest heavyweight washcloths

• Softness of fine fabric, feels good to fragile skin.
• Superior strength and durability.

Dermatologist-tested formula, proven hypoallergenic, gentle and non-irritating

• Use on all areas of the body including the face.

Fully insulated, resealable packaging

• Washcloths stay warm throughout the bath.

Prepackaged Bathing: The hygienic and cost effective alternative to soap and water² now promotes daily skin inspection

Comfort Bath® rinse-free, disposable washcloths have been the hygienic standard since 1996, delivering one-step cleansing and moisturizing to patients. Now, you get even more.

Now all Comfort Bath products feature Skin Check™, a powerful way to promote daily skin inspection and increase communication among caregivers. Comfort Bath with Skin Check provides a simple and low-cost way to help meet the IHI's Five Million Lives Campaign’s recommendation for daily skin inspection.³ Also, starting in October 2008, CMS will no longer pay to treat pressure ulcers that were not documented as present on admission.⁴ Skin Check means you can target any potential skin breakdown before pressure ulcers develop.

The peel-and-stick Skin Check labels allow the caregiver to indicate which part of the body needs to be checked for potential skin problems. It empowers non-licensed staff to observe and communicate any skin issues to a patient's nurse, helping facilities meet JCAHO's recommendation to "improve the effectiveness of communication among caregivers."⁵

Skin Check compliments nurses' full assessment and facilitates compliance to reporting protocols. Plus, studies show Skin Check is effective. One recent study shows it can reduce pressure ulcers by 67%!⁵

Three levels of product means there’s a Comfort Bath that's right for every budget. With over 70% of the market, Comfort Bath products are trusted by more hospitals than all other prepackaged bath products combined.⁶

Comfort Bath® is the hygienic standard

Comfort Bath’s premoistened washcloths deliver hygienic cleansing in one step. By eliminating contamination risk from basins and tap water during bathing, Comfort Bath also helps facilities comply with CDC infection control guidelines. Now Comfort Bath is helping improve skin monitoring and reporting—while addressing IHI and JCAHO’s initiatives.^8,9

Proven Hygienic, Cost-effective

Comfort Bath’s formula contains only USP purified water.¹⁰ So you never have to worry about contaminated tap water for bathing. By cleansing body areas separately, these disposable washcloths also minimize cross-contamination. As an AJCC study found, Comfort Bath cleaned effectively—while offering fewer opportunities to recontaminate skin.¹¹ Comfort Bath was also cost competitive, took less time, required fewer products, and was significantly preferred by nurses.¹¹

Promoting Daily Skin Inspection

Since bathing is often performed by non-licensed staff, monitoring skin during bathing is an excellent way to complement full assessment by a registered nurse. Comfort Bath with Skin Check empowers staff to observe and communicate skin issues to the patient’s RN. It helps facilities meet JCAHO’s National Patient Safety Goal of improving communication between different levels of caregivers.⁹

Comfort Bath Cleansing Washcloths References

^{1. 2007 Hospital/Critical Access Hospital National Patient Safety Goals. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), 2007. 2. Larson EL, et al., Am J Crit Care. May 2004;13(3):235-41. 3. Getting started kit: prevent pressure ulcers: how-to guide. Protecting 5 million lives from harm campaign, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), 2006. 4. Federal Register, Vol. 72 No.162, 2007 Aug: 47201-47205. 5. 2007 Hospital/Critical Access Hospital National Patient Safety Goals. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), 2007. 6. Bayerl K, Boushley G, Effective utilization of nurse assistants for skin inspection and rapid response resulting in improved staff communication and patient outcomes. Poster presented at IHI’s National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, Orlando, FL., Dec 2006. 7. Healthcare Products Information Services (HPIS), Hospital Market Trend Report, 1st Quarter, 2006. 8. Getting started kit: prevent pressure ulcers: how-to guide. Protecting 5 million lives from harm campaign, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), 2006. 9. 2007 Hospital/Critical Access Hospital National Patient Safety Goals. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), 2007.10. Meets standards set by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP). 11. Larson EL, et al., Am J Crit Care. May 2004;13(3):235-41.}