Shower in a Can as an Efficient Alternative to Traditional Bed Baths in Health & Social Care

卫生和社会保健领域的压力迫使我们寻找替代方法，以更节省成本和时间的方式提供相同或类似的服务-COVID 19大流行放大了这一点。医院、长期护理院和社会护理中的传统床浴不仅对患者卫生很重要，而且还提供了评估的机会。但是，几十年来，它们几乎保持不变。它们是有效的，但耗时，资源沉重，因此昂贵。淋浴罐是一种创新的水和洗涤剂为基础的泡沫，适用于手和身体，不需要冲洗或毛巾。它还具有抗菌特性。经过18个月的开发，Shower in a Can于2018年12月推出，无需额外的水来洗涤，以及毛巾的洗衣。这也将使这些病人能够，更容易地清洗自己，并保持一定程度的尊严，进一步减少对护士和支持人员的需求。淋浴在一罐最初设计用于青年体育市场，但越来越受欢迎的露营，节日，户外运动和娱乐市场作为一个有效的替代洗手和淋浴。我们的项目将进行测试，以确保淋浴罐的泡沫肥皂配方是足够的抗病毒，抗菌性能也足以为健康和社会护理环境。这些测试的结果可能会导致对公式进行调整以满足这些要求。一旦证明配方符合这些要求，我们将在足够的订单之前进行所有额外的稳定性和皮肤病学测试，以满足健康和社会护理部门的要求。附加信息在这里-目前的项目允许一个小的试验4,800罐在一个集中的地理区域与照顾者支持威尔特郡合作。通过将试验延长三个月，并将罐的数量增加一倍，达到8,000罐，我们能够通过照顾者信托基金（这是照顾者支持威尔特郡的伞式协会）在全国范围内扩大试验。额外的支出将使我们能够与更多的合作伙伴合作，因为我们希望增加试验规模，并继续为延长期内已经开展的提高认识计划提供资金。

Pressures within Health & Social care is forcing us to look at alternative ways to deliver the same or similar service in a more cost and time effective manner - something that the COVID19 pandemic has magnified. The traditional bed-bath in hospitals, long-term care homes and social care are important not only for patient hygiene, but also provide an opportunity for assessment. But, they have remained much the same for decades. They are effective, but time consuming, resource heavy and therefore expensive.Shower in a Can is an innovative water & detergent-based foam that is applied to the hands & body that does not require rinsing or toweling. It also has anti-bacterial properties. Launched in December 2018 after 18 months of development, Shower in a Can removes the need for additional water to wash, and the laundry of towels. It would also enable those patients able to, to wash themselves more easily and maintain some level of dignity, further reducing the demand on nurses and support staff.Shower in a Can was initially designed for use in the Youth Sport Market, but has grown in popularity in the camping, festival, outdoor sports and recreational markets as an effective alternative to hand-washing and showering. Our project will undertake testing to ensure Shower in a Can's foaming soap formula is sufficiently anti-viral, and the antibacterial properties are also sufficient for the Health & Social Care environment. Results from these tests may result in tweaks to the formula to meet those requirements. Once it is proven the formula meets those requirements we will undertake all additional stability and dermatological testing before a sufficient order to fulfill requirements in the Health & Social Care sectors.--ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HERE--The current project allows for a small trial of 4,800 cans in a concentrated geographic area in partnership with Carer Support Wiltshire. By extending the trial by three months and doubling the number of cans to 8,000 in total for distribution we are able to extend the trial nationally through Carers Trust (which is the umbrella association that Carer Support Wiltshire is a partner of). The additional spend will enable us to engage with more partners as we look to increase the trial size and also continue funding awareness raising programme already underway for the period of extension.