Pressure ulcer prevention-Results of a multicentre cross-sectional survey on hospital infrastructures and processes in acute hospitals and accident and emergency departments.
Sandra Strube-LahmannNils Axel LahmannPublished in: Journal of evaluation in clinical practice (2021)
Even if recommended procedures (skin inspection, 30° positioning) have been used frequently, regular training could help to bring new scientific findings such as the use of local skin protection dressings into clinical practice. Prevention guidelines should be established in all areas of care even for A&E as well as when patients are transferred inside or out of the hospital, where the risk of PU development was considered low.
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