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Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers remain a top concern for hospitals
Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers remain a top concern for hospitals
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Pennsylvania patient safety advisory
- Author(s):
- Feil, Michelle, author
Bisbee, Janette, author - Contributor(s):
- Pennsylvania. Patient Safety Authority, issuing body.
ECRI (Organization), issuing body.
Institute for Safe Medication Practices, issuing body. - Publication:
- [Harrisburg, Pa.] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, March 2015
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Hospitals
Pressure Ulcer -- epidemiology
Pressure Ulcer -- etiology
Pressure Ulcer -- prevention & control
Pennsylvania
United States - Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Pennsylvania hospitals reported more than 19,000 pressure ulcer events to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority in 2013. Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs) are a recognized patient safety concern and meet the definition of a reportable event under the Pennsylvania Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error Act. Despite changes to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' inpatient prospective payment system in 2008 that established regulatory and financial incentives for hospitals to prevent HAPUs, they remain a frequently reported hospital-acquired condition. An analysis of pressure ulcers reported through the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System from 2007 through 2013 suggests the need for improvement in identification of pressure ulcers present on admission; accurate staging of pressure ulcers; and prevention of HAPUs, in particular stage III, suspected deep-tissue injury, and unstageable pressure ulcers. Patient safety and quality agencies, as well as wound care specialty organizations, have established evidence-based best practices in pressure ulcer risk assessment and prevention. Hospitals that have implemented these practices, such as those participating in the Pennsylvania Hospital Engagement Network Pressure Ulcer Prevention project, have reported successful reductions in the incidence of HAPUs stage II or greater.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (pages 28-36))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101655454 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101655454