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Pressure Injury Prevention

Pressure Ulcer/Injury Prevention: Assessing Risk Factors

November 1, 2017
By the WoundSource Editors Pressure ulcers/injuries pose a major risk to patients by increasing morbidity and mortality and causing significant discomfort.1 They are also prevalent, particularly in...

Preventing Medical Device-Related Pressure Injuries

November 1, 2022
Medical device-related pressure injuries (MDRPIs) are defined as injuries associated with using devices applied for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes, where the injury tends to have the same configur...

Preventing Pressure Injuries by Encouraging Nursing Assistants

November 14, 2019
By Holly M. Hovan MSN, RN-BC, APRN.ACNS-BC, CWOCN-AP Often when we hear the words "pressure injury," our brains are trained to think about staging the wound, considering treatment options, and obta...

Prevention of Heel Pressure Injuries: A Daunting Challenge

June 17, 2021
Pressure injuries (PIs) are defined by the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel as “localized damage to the skin and/or underlying soft tissue usually over a bony prominence or related to a medical...

Putting Money Where Your Mouth Is: A Refresher on Mucosal Medical Device–Related Pressure Injuries

July 1, 2020
As I contemplate the current conversation around ventilators, I am encouraged to refresh my knowledge about mucosal pressure injuries. Pressure injuries on the mucous membranes present and are staged ...

Q&A: Avoidable or Unavoidable Pressure Injury?

December 13, 2022
Editor’s note: The following is a series of answers to questions asked at the webinar Avoidable or Unavoidable Pressure Injury: Why is it So Hard to Do the Right Thing? sponsored by Smith+Nephew. Lee ...

Reducing Avoidable Hospitalizations Among Nursing Facility Residents

October 12, 2012
By Glenda Motta RN, MPH The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reports that nearly one in five Medicare patients discharged from a hospital—approximately 2.6 million seniors—is readmitte...

Repositioners or Redistribution Surfaces for Neonates

February 3, 2022
Neonatal patients have unique skin properties compared with older patient populations. However, there is little evidence reported for neonates who receive pressure injury (PI) prevention interventions...

Review: Pressure Injury Progression in the Home Palliative Care Setting

July 11, 2019
Article Title: Pressure Injury Progression and Factors Associated With Different End-Points in a Home Palliative Care Setting: A Retrospective Chart Review Study Authors: Artico M, D’Angelo D, Piredd...
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