The Joint Commission has issued guidance on pressure injuries which can raise the risk for people to have worse outcomes including amputation and infection. The recommendations aim to equip healthcare ...
A pressure ulcer is localized injury to the skin and/or underlying tissue usually over a bony prominence, as a result of pressure, or pressure in combination with shear. There are many contributing or ...
The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel redefined the definition of a pressure ulcer and the stages of pressure ulcers in 2007, including the original 4 stages and adding 2 stages on deep tissue ...
Why Mayo Clinic is turning to technology to reduce hospital-acquired pressure injuries — 3 takeaways
Hospital-acquired pressure injuries are costly and contribute to poor patient outcomes. Unfortunately, they are also on the rise. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reports that between ...
At Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, N.Y., a new tool helped lower the prevalence of healthcare-associated pressure injuries by 67.84%. Between late 2020 and mid-2022, the hospital’s ...
Pressure ulcers are injuries to the skin or the soft tissue under the skin. Healthcare professionals also call them “bedsores” and “decubitus ulcers.” They occur with long lasting pressure on a ...
The frequency of pressure ulcers increases significantly when staffing agency nurses and overtime nurse hours increase at hospitals, according to researchers who cautioned skilled nursing providers ...
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