Pressure ulcer prevention: making a difference across a health authority?

Autor:	Guy, Heidi, Downie, Fiona, McIntyre, Lyn, Peters, Jeremy
Předmět:	MEDICAL education ACRONYMS ALTERNATIVE education COMMUNICATION PRESSURE ulcers GAMES PATIENT safety PHYSICAL diagnosis QUALITY assurance RISK assessment HUMAN services programs DISEASE incidence DISEASE prevalence PREVENTION
Zdroj:	British Journal of Nursing; 6/27/2013 Tissue Viability Supplement, pS4-S13, 10p
Abstrakt:	Pressure ulcers (PUs), their cause and prevention have been discussed in the literature for many decades. Their prevention and management has been the core of a tissue viability nurse's daily clinical and strategic workload. The important point to acknowledge is that not all PUs can be prevented but it is believed most of them can and all preventative measures must be implemented and evaluated. Initial efforts focused on establishing a baseline of incidence and prevalence. More recently, the Department of Health has proposed that PUs could be eliminated in 95% of all NHS patients and incentivised the measurement of PUs and other harms by use of the NHS Safety Thermometer through the introduction of a new initiative. A research company was commissioned to explore which communications interventions would be effective in helping health professionals to prevent and treat PUs. A campaign was subsequently set in motion to educate and inform clinical staff on the cause and prevention of PUs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze:	Complementary Index
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