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Pressure injury

The effects of educational intervention on patient participation in pressure injury prevention: a pilot study

A total of 160 questionnaires were completed during the pre-test, but seven patients were excluded due to lack of interest in continuing with the...

Perioperative pressure injury prevention: National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel root cause analysis toolkit 3.0

If the following conditions are met then the pressure injury may be an OR-acquired pressure injury: If a pressure injury is identified within 72...

Development, dissemination and evaluation of a smartphone-based app for pressure ulcer/injury prevention and treatment for use at the bedside

There were 62 responses from InterPIP App users across 14 countries, with 47 completed responses eligible for analysis. This represents 10–15% of...

Evaluation of infrared technology to detect category I and suspected deep tissue injury in hospitalised patients

A total of 68 participants (17 cases and 51 controls) were recruited from a sample of 73 patients, from which five participants were excluded; one due...