Facility-acquired pressure ulcers are common and costly, but also preventable. Guidelines exist that lay out specific measures for preventing them, but many facilities fail to consistently apply these ...

What does NPUAP’s new “pressure ulcer” definition mean for providers? The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel announced a number of changes in April, including replacing the term “pressure ulcer” ...

The evidence assessed by the external assessment centre (EAC) included 7 studies; 3 were full text peer reviewed publications (Gefan et al. 2018; O'Brian et al. 2018; Raizman et al. 2018) and 4 were ...

Of the studies that met the inclusion criteria defined in the scope, 4 were randomised controlled trials (n=1,344) and 9 were non-randomised comparative observational studies (n=1,767). The 4 ...