The treatment of COVID-19 patients in intensive care places great demands on healthcare professionals and on the care given. New global guidelines for preventing pressure ulcers and other ...

A free guide to preventing hospital-acquired pressure ulcers is available from the Health Research and Educational Trust, an affiliate of the American Hospital Association. Cynosure Health developed ...

Implementing an evidence-based bundle procedure for hospital-acquired pressure ulcer prevention led to a significant reduction in postoperative pressure ulcers that was sustained for more than a year, ...

Pressure Ulcers: The Source of the Controversy Taking a Stand: Avoidable and Unavoidable Pressure Ulcers Dilemmas Faced By Nursing Staff Prevention of Pressure Ulcers: What's Next? References ...

The National Quality Forum Board of Directors has endorsed a quality measurement framework for preventing and managing pressure ulcers across clinical care settings. The framework is designed to ...

Reviewed by Deepthi Sathyajith, M.Pharm. A pressure ulcer, otherwise known as a common ‘bedsore’, is a skin tissue injury caused by repeated pressure or friction. These injuries can usually be ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regions Hospital reported a 30 percent drop in pressure ulcers since it started an aggressive new program a year ago to improve patient comfort, improve care and ...

SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (NYSE: KCI) announced today the U.S. launch of Skin IQ™ Microclimate Manager (Skin IQ™ MCM) through KCI’s Therapeutic Support Systems business.

SEM Scanner 200 is a portable, hand-held skin assessment device. It detects an increased risk of pressure ulcers developing by identifying early pressure-induced tissue damage at the heel and sacrum.

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 ...