SUTURE KITS & RESOURCES
Reducing transfers from LTC homes to Emergency Departments has been incredibly important during the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2020, as part of the Victoria-South Island LTCI’s COVID response plan, our team provided suture kits to fifteen homes that didn't have kits onsite. In the six months that followed, eight homes used their kits nineteen times, and eighteen transfers to the ED were prevented. When LTC homes have suture kits onsite, physicians are able to make in-home suturing a standard practice, thereby reducing ED transfers for simple laceration repairs.
Suture Kits
When LTC homes have laceration repair supplies readily available, physicians can make on-site suturing a standard practice and avoid unnecessary transfers to hospital.
Each care home will need to use their procurement process to access supplies. A suture kit supply list, along with contact information for The Stevens Company Territory Rep, can be found here.
Please note that the LTCI is unable to provide suture kit supplies to long-term care homes at this time.
Suturing Resources for Simple Laceration Repair
For articles and videos on simple laceration repair techniques, please click here.