Due to the growing demand for our GripSox® (non slip grip socks) product, we thought we should further explore their benefits and uses.

For this reason, we now have many hospitals and nursing homes throughout Australia performing in-house trials looking at how GripSox® can be used as a falls prevention aid.

GripSox® is proud to be involved in the recently launched Ruby Red Socks falls prevention program being run by St Vincents & Mercy Private Hospital in Melbourne.  This program sees all high falls risk patients wearing our REDuce Falls Sox® to help reduce the number of falls in the hospital.  A recently completed pilot program has resulted in a huge reduction in falls and will now see the Ruby Red Socks program being implemented throughout the entire Organisation.  Read media coverage of this new program....

In March 2009 a new trial commenced at Cairns Private Hospital.  This four month trial saw all post operative total hip and knee replacement patients wearing GripSox® over their compression stockings to see if the incidence of falls post operatively could be reduced.  In a fantastic result for GripSox®, the incidence of falls was reduced by a staggering 70% compared with the same four month period in 2008.  In real terms, there was a 100% success rate for GripSox®, as none of the patients recorded as falling during this trial period were wearing their GripSox® at the time of the fall.  This further highlights the importance of GripSox® as a falls prevention safety aid. Read the full results here......

GripSox® were used in a multi-factorial clinical trial run by Waikato District Health Board, New Zealand between July-December 2009.  During this period, the total number of falls recorded halved in number.  See the results graph from this study.

In 2008, a trial run at The Friendly Society Private Hospital, Queensland saw GripSox® used in a multi-factorial study looking at falls prevention.  This trial saw the incidence of falls reduced by approximately 30%.  Further research is still being undertaken in this study.

GripSox® is proud to be assisting all these Organisations in their bid to reduce the number of falls in the community.

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LAUNDERING CLINICAL TRIALS

We have recently completed an independent clinical trial looking at how well GripSox® withstand regular washing treatments, especially in a high temperature environment such as those required in hospitals and nursing homes for infection control.

The trial involved our GripSox® product being repeatedly washed and dryed in high temperature at least four times a day over a period of 30 days.

We are very pleased to report that the non-slip properties of the socks were unchanged following this intensive laundering process, with both the sock fabric and rubberised grip surface being unaltered.

These results make GripSox® and ideal option for falls prevention in the hospital and nursing home setting.