Editorial

PRESSURE ULCER PREVENTION: FUNDAMENTALS FOR BEST PRACTICE

MARK COLLIER ; Tissue Viability United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust c/o Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, Lincolnshire, UK

Abstract

This introduction has highlighted both the complex nature of the aetiology of pressure ulcer development and the complex nature of the assessment process intended to identify those patients who are or might be at an enhanced risk of pressure ulcer development. The latter statement assumes that all patients cared for in any healthcare setting are vulnerable to pressure ulcer development. Whilst it is acknowledged that the use of a risk assessment tool can be important in an overall pressure ulcer prevention strategy, it is important that the limitations of these tools are acknowledged and that they are not an fi nite assessment in themselves and that they should be used by a practitioner with a fundamental breadth of relevant knowledge and an appreciation of the range of appropriate preventative equipment/techniques available and the role of the multi-disciplinary team in the prevention of all avoidable pressure ulcers.

Keywords

pressure ulcer; prevention; best practice

Hrčak ID:

167865

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/167865

Publication date:

23.10.2016.

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