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Risk Resources: Pressure Injuries/Ulcers in Senior Care
www.medpro.com• Pressure Injury Prevention Points • Pressure Injury Staging Illustrations • Pressure Ulcer Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Template . PRIMARIS • Gauging Pressure Ulcers: A Nursing Home’s Guide to Prevention and Treatment . THE JOINT COMMISSION
2014 NPUAP-EPUAP & Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance ...
ce.mayo.eduNPUAP Pressure Injury Prevention Points: Nutrition • Consider hospitalized individuals as at risk for undernutritionand malnutrition from their illness or as NPO for diagnostic testing. • Use a valid and reliable screening tool to determine risk of malnutrition,
Pressure Injury Prevention Points - NPUAP
www.npuap.orgRISK ASSESSMENT 1 Consider bedfast and chairfast individuals to be at risk for development of pressure injury. 2 Use a structured risk assessment, such as the Braden Scale, to identify individuals at risk for pressure injury as soon as possible (but within 8 hours after admission). 3 Refine the assessment by including these additional risk factors: A. Fragile skin