The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released a draft report (pdf) on pressure ulcer risk assessment and prevention. The report, “Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment and Prevention: A ...

A free self-assessment of programs to prevent pressure ulcers is available from the Greater New York Hospital Association, a trade association comprising hospitals in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut ...

Risk assessment is the first step in pressure ulcer prevention to identify patients most at risk, plan and implement interventions, and ensure resources are used appropriately. A risk assessment ...

When analyzing the relationship between soft-tissue injury and support surfaces for pressure ulcer treatment and prevention, caregivers must realize support surfaces deliver unwanted gradient pressure ...

19 November 2020 is STOP Pressure Ulcer Day – an international awareness-raising event that aims to increase health professional and public awareness about the damaging impact of pressure ulcers.

October 7, 2008 — Editor's note: Presentations regarding pressure ulcers at the National Conference of Gerontological Nurse Practitioners (NCGNP), held from September 25 to 27 in St. Louis, Missouri, ...

What are the significant changes from F314 Pressure Sores to F686 Skin Integrity, “Pressure Ulcers,” which takes effect in November? The first guidance change that will affect your policies is timing ...

The Guideline Development Group has made the following recommendations for research, based on its review of evidence, to improve NICE guidance and patient care in the future. Debridement of dead ...

The evidence assessed by the external assessment centre (EAC) included 7 studies; 3 were full text peer reviewed publications (Gefan et al. 2018; O'Brian et al. 2018; Raizman et al. 2018) and 4 were ...

The Greater New York Hospital Association, a trade association comprising hospitals in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Rhode Island, offers a free organizational assessment of a pressure ulcer ...