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Pressure Injury

How to Identify Pressure Injuries in Skin of Color

January 7, 2023
A 55-year-old African American male was admitted to our inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) with a right trochanter stage 4 pressure injury, sacral stage 3, and left below the knee amputation (L B...

How to Treat and Prevent Medical Device–Related Pressure Injuries

June 3, 2022
Medical device–related pressure injuries (MDRPIs) are recognized as a significant problem, evidenced by the inclusion in the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel pressure injury definitions and des...

Important Terms to Know: Pressure Injury Prevention

October 27, 2023
Alternating pressure: In support surfaces, pressure redistribution with cyclic changes. Avoidable pressure injury: The development of a new pressure injury or the worsening of an existing one that ...

Legal Perils and Pitfalls of Wound Care – Is Your Policy Up to Snuff?

June 28, 2022
I have been there, done that. Sitting in the fact witness chair in front of a plaintiff attorney who is wildly waving a copy of my facility’s wound care policy and procedure, demanding to know why cer...

Legal Perils and Pitfalls of Wound Care: Nutrition Assessment, Support, and Documentation Part 4

January 12, 2022
The following is a wrap up of the 2019 pressure injury guidelines of the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (NPIAP)1 related to nutrition, of which there are 15. For guidelines #1 to #10, see my ...

Litigation Basics: What Health Care Professionals Need to Know

August 11, 2022
The United States is one of the most litigious nations in the world, with the result that numerous medical malpractice lawsuits are initiated against hospitals and other health care facilities, as wel...

Mucosal Membrane Pressure Injuries

November 1, 2023
Mucosal membrane pressure injuries are device-related pressure injuries (DRPI) of the mucous membrane. These hospital-acquired injuries are generally considered preventable....
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