Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries

Empirical Research

An Interdisciplinary Team Approach to Decrease Sacral Hospital-acquired Pressure Injuries: A Retrospective Cohort Study

05/01/2021

Shelby Isaacs, BS

Tamir Pinhasov, BA

Alisha Oropallo, MD

Mary Brennan, RN

Amit Rao, MD

Gregg Landis, MD

Marie Agrell-Kann, RN

Timmy Li, PhD

This retrospective study assesses the changes in the yearly incidence of sacral HAPIs before and after implementation of a 3-pronged interdisciplinary intervention to reduce HAPI incidence.

This retrospective study...

05/01/2021

Wound Management & Prevention

Reducing Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries Using the Braden Sub Scale at a Large Safety-Net Hospital

Hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) contribute to high cost of treatment, increase morbidity and hospital length of stay [1]. In fiscal year (FY) 2014/2015, executive leadership a...

01/28/2021

Reducing Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries Using the Braden Sub Scale at a Large Safety-Net Hospital

Hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) contribute to high cost of treatment, increase morbidity and hospital length of stay [1]. In fiscal year (FY) 2014/2015, executive leadership a...

11/23/2020