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- Title
Are 95% of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers avoidable?
- Authors
DOWNIE, FIONA; GUY, HEIDI; GILROY, PAULINE; ROYALL, DAWN; DAVIES, SARAH
- Abstract
In 1987, 1988, and 1998, Hibbs asserted her hypothesis that 95% of pressure ulcers (PUs) are preventable. But until recently, few UK healthcare organisations have collected data on PU incidence - or the avoidability or otherwise of the damage. In 2012, NHS Midlands and East launched a campaign to eliminate avoidable grade 2-4 PUs by year end. Five hospitals within NHS Midlands and East pooled data collected between April 2012 and March 2013 on hospital-acquired grade 3-4 PUs and found the percentage of avoidable PUs to be less than half Hibbs' figure of 95%.
- Publication
Wounds UK, 2013, Vol 9, Issue 3, p16
- ISSN
1746-6814
- Publication type
Academic Journal