The desire to improve the quality of care and patient outcomes is both an aspiration and a necessity for the NHS, while pressure ulcers have long been considered a preventable harm. However, despite ...

Background: In October 2008, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services discontinued reimbursement for hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs), thus placing stress on hospitals to prevent incidence ...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released a draft report (pdf) on pressure ulcer risk assessment and prevention. The report, “Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment and Prevention: A ...

(HealthDay News) – A collaborative quality improvement (QI) model can effectively reduce the rate of pressure ulcers (PUs) in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), according to a study ...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention module shows significant promise, reducing pressure ulcers by 57 percent across 12 nursing homes in New York.

Empa. "Improving quality of life for the bedridden: Textile pressure ulcer prevention." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 16 November 2012. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2012 / 11 / 121116085546.htm>.

Download the pressure ulcer prevention self-assessment (pdf) for use in your own facility. Note: View our database providing more than 400 reports that link to free downloadable and adaptable tools ...

Nursing homes dramatically reduced pressure ulcer rates and restraint use in the last three years by participating in Medicare Quality Improvement Organization initiatives, according to new ...

An improvement project led by a team at Watford General Hospital has resulted in over 2,500 pressure ulcer-free days for patients needing to wear ventilation masks.

Derler has been researching the medical phenomenon of pressure ulcers since 2006. Back then he launched an initial CTI project for textile pressure ulcer prevention along with the Schoeller Group ...

(HealthDay)—A collaborative quality improvement (QI) model can effectively reduce the rate of pressure ulcers (PUs) in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), according to a study published in ...