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Pressure Injury Prevention

It is widely recognized that one of the key contributing factors to pressure injury occurrence is deformation of skin and underlying tissue as a result of direct sustained pressure, assoc...
08/19/2021
Background and significance: Prevention programs for hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPI) are multi-faceted and complex.[i] Pressure injury prevention (PIP) programs require hands-o...
08/19/2021
Implementing a Pressure Injury Prevention Bundle to Decrease Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries in an Adult Critical Care Unit: An Evidence-Based, Pilot Initiative
Pilot Initiative
10/01/2020
Spearheaded by the wound, ostomy, and continence nurses and supported by management and members of the patient care teams, this pressure injury prevention bundle was successfully implemented, and the incidence of pressure injuries was reduced.
Spearheaded by the wound, ostomy, and continence nurses and supported by management and members of the patient care teams, this pressure injury prevention bundle was successfully implemented, and the incidence of pressure injuries was reduced.
Spearheaded by the wound,...
10/01/2020
Wound Management & Prevention
Objective: Pressure injury prevention is a challenge. A 220-bed hospital in the central Midwest accomplished over 1,000 calendar days without pressure injury on two hospital units. Goal o...
12/11/2019
Pressure injuries (PI) have a major impact on patients and facilities in the United States with an approximate cost of $11 billion annually. Due to multiple factors, such as immobility an...
12/11/2019
One in three pressure injuries in hospitalized adult patients are related to medical devices, and medical device related pressure injuries (MDRPIs) are the No. 1 cause of pressure injurie...
12/11/2019